This iCue Mini-Documentary describes Andrew Jackson's harsh attitudes against Native Americans, which led to the Indian Removal Act, forcing five eastern Indian tribes onto reservations in Oklahoma. Thousands of Indians died during the journey, which became known as "The Trail of Tears."
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes a tariff Congress passed in 1828 to protect American manufacturers from cheaper foreign imports. This protective tariff almost brought the country to the brink of civil war.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the Supreme Court's ruling that Georgia could not push Indians out of the state. President Andrew Jackson ignored the ruling and forced them out west.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes Andrew Jackson's open hatred for the Bank of the United States.
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An intricate political cartoon about the depressed state of the American economy during the financial panic of 1837 is illuminated by Professor Matthew Warshauer.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, as a young nation, the U.S. desperately needed a national system of trade and transportation. But the "American System," proposed by Speaker of the House Henry Clay, became a source of heated debate in the Senate.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the delegation President Thomas Jefferson sent to France to purchase the city of New Orleans. Instead, the French government offered the entire Louisiana Territory.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes one of the nastiest presidential elections in American history—the 1824 election, when a highly contested three-way race led to a scandal in Congress.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the invention of the harvesting machine by Cyrus McCormick, which revolutionized wheat production and freed up the American workforce.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the War of 1812, which started when England tried to restrict American shipping.
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