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…
American History – 75. 1850 Compromise, Part 01
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) A deep national crisis faced the United States in the year eighteen-fifty. It threatened to…
American History – 74. Zachary Taylor
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) The Whig party considered four men for its candidate in…
American History – 73. James Polk, Part 03
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) A great constitutional debate split the United States in eighteen-forty-eight. The dispute arose over slavery…
American History – 72. James Polk, Part 02
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) In the middle eighteen-forties, the United States offered to buy…
American History – 71. James Polk, Part 01
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) As we reported in our last program of THE MAKING OF A NATION, Texas in…
American History – 70. Election of 1844
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) Once more, in the year eighteen-forty-three, Texas had become a major issue in American politics.…
American History – 69. John Tyler
VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) As we reported in our last program of THE MAKING OF A NATION, the national elections…
American History – 66. Pre-Election, 1840
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) As the administration of Martin Van Buren came closer to an end in eighteen-forty, there…
American History – 68. William Henry Harrison
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION — a program in Special English. (MUSIC) Late in the year eighteen-forty, the American people elected their ninth president, General William Henry…