This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, a reaction against the spoils system, which rewarded political support with jobs.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes one of the greatest political scandals in American history, involving a company called Credit Mobilier. The scandal was traced to the highest levels of President Ulysses S. Grant's administration.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, even though slavery is abolished after the Civil War, the system of share-cropping quickly emerged that kept blacks in a condition much like slavery.
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Using ESSEX History examines local history at its best in this seminar lookubg at Salem and the China Trade with Salem State's Dr. Dane Morrison. Dr. Morrison will lead attendees through a discussion of the economic and maritime history of Salem during the China Trade and the ways in which this vast trading network affected the economy and culture of Essex County. This seminar will take place at the House of the Seven Gables—a stone's throw from historic Derby Wharf, the center of the China Trade. In the afternoon, teachers will be introduced to some of the Peabody Essex Museum's vast collections of China Trade artifacts.
This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph, which ushered in the communications era.
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Author John Steele Gordon describes the revolution in travel that occurs when the first passenger ships begin to cross the Atlantic on regular schedules.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the virtual chaos of the banking system of early 19th-century America, with thousands of different banknotes in circulation across the country.
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Author John Steele Gordon discusses Robert Fulton's steamboat and the monopoly that he and his partner obtained for steam-powered navigation.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the success of the Erie Canal and the early railroads, which led to the early success of the New York Stock Exchange.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, when Alexander Hamilton became the Secretary of the Treasury, one of the first things he did was to have the treasury assume all state debts accrued from the American Revolution.
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