American History – 149. President Roosevelt Decides to Build the Panama Canal
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) I’m Maurice Joyce. Today, Richard Rael and I tell the…
American History – 148. Theodore Roosevelt Answers Public Demand for Reforms
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States at the…
American History – 147. Theodore Roosevelt Leads America into the 20th Century
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) In September, nineteen-oh-one, President William McKinley was assassinated. His Vice…
American History – 146. Theodore Roosevelt Becomes America’s Youngest Leader
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) The war between the United States and Spain in eighteen…
American History – 145. William McKinley: The Twenty-Fifth President of the United States
(THEME) VOICE ONE: The Making of a Nation– a program in Special English. (THEME) On December Tenth, eighteen-ninety-eight, the United States and Spain signed a treaty in Paris officially ending…
American History – 144. United States Declares War on Spain in 1898
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) I’m Kay Gallant. Today, Harry Monroe and I tell about…
American History – 143. Trade Drives America’s Foreign Policy in the Late 1800’s
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) During the second half of the nineteenth century, the United…
American History – 142. Election of 1896 – It Came Down to a Question of Money
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) In the eighteen nineties, the American people were deeply divided…
American History – 141. President Cleveland Uses Federal Troops to Stop Railroad Strike
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) I’m Maurice Joyce. Today, Frank Oliver and I continue the…
American History – 140. Nation Is in Economic Trouble as President Cleveland Takes Office
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) I’m Shirley Griffith. Today, Frank Oliver and I begin the…
American History – 139. Grover Cleveland Returns to the White House in 1892
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Eighteen ninety-two was a presidential election year in the United…
American History – 138. Competition Drives Industrial Growth In the Late 1800s
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) The eighteen eighties were years of important change in American business and industry. Twenty years…
American History – 137. Election of 1888 – Voters Cared Most About Import Taxes
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American History – 136. American Lawmakers React To a Flood of Immigrants in Late 1800s
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) In our last program, we told how the flow of immigration to the United States…
American History – 135. Immigrants: America’s Industrial Growth Depended on Them
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) In our last program, we told the story of the Statue of Liberty, given to…