Professor Jeremi Suri considers the rise of nationalism in the early United States of the Founding Fathers. He examines where this nationalism may have originated from and how it influenced the country's foreign relations.

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Professor John Moser examines the first period of partisan division in the U.S., between Jeffersonian Republicans and Hamiltonian Federalists from the 1790s through 1812. He looks at how this period of intense party opposition influenced foreign policy.

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Professor Jeremi Suri looks at the foreign policy of the early United States, including under George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Suri defines and explores republicanism during this time period.

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Professors John Moser and Jeremi Suri overview several schools of foreign policy: republicanism, nationalism, balance of power, and Wilsonianism. They also review what is meant by foreign policy in general.

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Professors Sidney Milkis and Marc Landy look at George Washington's presidency, how he was perceived during his presidency, how he is now perceived, and what he contributed to American rhetoric and the presidency.

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Professors Sidney Milkis and Marc Landy discuss the creation of the institution of the presidency as part of the creation of the U.S. government at the Constitutional Convention. They look at how the presidency is defined in the Constitution.

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Professors Sidney Milkis and Marc Landy discuss the institution of the U.S. presidency, examining what popular memory and contemporary reactions to presidents hold as qualities of greatness.

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Professor Lucas E. Morel looks at the views of slavery and abolitionism that preceded the Civil War, including those of Abraham Lincoln, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass.

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Professor Lucas E. Morel examines the interrelationship of political decisions and pressures, westward expansion, and the issue of slavery in the antebellum U.S. and how these forces combined to lead to the Civil War.

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Professor Lucas E. Morel looks at the history of slavery in the U.S., examining the Founding Fathers' attitudes towards slavery and the policies on slavery written into the founding documents of the U.S.

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