American History – 67. The Election of 1840
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) As the American national election of eighteen-forty drew closer, the Whig Party felt more and…
American History – 48. James Madison, Part 06
(Theme) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (Theme) As we reported earlier, the United States and Britain agreed late in December, 1814, to…
American History – 64. Martin Van Buren, Part 01
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) Last week, we reported the election in Eighteen-Thirty-Six of Martin Van Buren as the eighth…
American History – 65. Martin Van Buren, Part 02
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) Martin Van Buren took office as America’s eighth president in eighteen-thirty-seven. Not long after, the…
American History – 63. Andrew Jackson, Part 09
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) As we reported last week, Texas won its independence from Mexicoduring the administration of President…
American History – 62. Andrew Jackson, Part 08
VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English about the history of the United States. (THEME) In the early eighteen-thirties, the territory of Texas belonged…
American History – 61. Andrew Jackson, Part 07
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) The national election of eighteen-thirty-two put Andrew Jackson in the White House for a second…
American History – 60. Andrew Jackson, Part 06
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) Andrew Jackson was elected president in eighteen-twenty-eight. He…
American History – 59. Andrew Jackson, Part 05
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) As we reported last week, the question of continuing the Bank of the United States…
American History – 58. Andrew Jackson, Part 04
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Andrew Jackson served as president of the United States from…
American History – 57. Andrew Jackson, Part 03
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) In our last few programs of THE MAKING OF A NATION, we described the violence…
American History – 56. Andrew Jackson, Part 02
(Theme) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (Theme) As we reported in our last program, Andrew Jackson became president of the United States…
American History – 55. Andrew Jackson, Part 01
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) General Andrew Jackson was elected president in eighteen-twenty-eight. He defeated president John Quincy Adams, after…
American History – 54. In Election of 1828, a Bitter Campaign
Andrew Jackson had a big victory over President John Quincy Adams. But the race turned angry over the subject of Jackson’s wife, Rachel. Transcript of radio broadcast: Welcome to THE…
American History – 53. John Quincy Adams
(Music) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (Music) John Quincy Adams was sworn in as President of the United States on March fourth,…