American History – 90. James Buchanan, Part 08
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) In the autumn of eighteen-fifty-nine, a group of anti-slavery extremists attacked the town of Harpers…
American History – 89. James Buchanan, Part 07
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) One day in mid-October, eighteen-fifty-nine, the American people were shocked by the report of an…
American History – 88. James Buchanan, Part 06
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) Throughout most of the eighteen-fifties, war between north and south over the issue of slavery…
American History – 87. James Buchanan, Part 05
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) In the summer of eighteen-fifty-eight, two men campaigned across the state of Illinois for a…
American History – 86. James Buchanan, Part 04
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Richard Rael. VOICE TWO: And this is Sarah Long with the VOA Special English history program, THE MAKING OF A NATION. Today, we continue the…
American History – 85. James Buchanan, Part 03
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) As we reported in our last program, slavery supporters failed to push through Congress a…
American History – 84. James Buchanan, Part 02
THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC Early in eighteen-fifty-seven, the Supreme Court of the United States announced one of its most important decisions. The…
American History – 83. James Buchanan, Part 01
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) As we reported in our last program, the national election of eighteen fifty-six put a…
American History – 82. Franklin Pierce, Part 03
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English history program, THE MAKING OF A NATION. Today, we continue the…
American History – 81. Franklin Pierce, Part 02
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And this is Rich Kleinfeldt with the VOA Special English history program, THE MAKING OF A NATION. Today,we continue the story…
American History – 80. Franklin Pierce, Part 01
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English history program, THE MAKING OF A NATION. Today, we continue the…
American History – 79. Election of 1852
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) I’m Harry Monroe. Today, Kay Gallant and I continue the history of the United States…
American History – 78. 1850 Compromise, Part 04
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) In eighteen-fifty, the Congress of the United States debated an important compromise proposal. The compromise…
American History – 77. 1850 Compromise, Part 03
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) Today we continue our report about the compromise of eighteen-fifty. VOICE TWO: In eighteen-fifty, the…
American History – 76. 1850 Compromise, Part 02
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) During the first half of the eighteen-hundreds, the question of slavery in the United States…