In this episode, Emma looks at the Reconstruction Era for your APUSH exam. Reconstruction after the Civil War resulted in a series of constitutional amendments that expanded the rights of African Americans. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
May 29, 2020β’3 min
In this week's episodes, Emma looks at the reconstruction era for your APUSH exam. Reconstruction after the Civil War resulted in political reunion and bitter disputes over how best to reintegrate the South into the Union. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
May 27, 2020β’2 min
Join Emma as she takes us through The Emancipation Proclamation for your APUSH exam. She looks at The Gettysburg Address of 1863. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
May 22, 2020β’2 min
In this episode, Emma looks at the reasons for the victory of the Union in the Civil War for your APUSH exam. Although the Confederacy took the early initiative, the Union ultimately succeeded through a combination of leadership, strategy and superior resources and infrastructure. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
May 20, 2020β’2 min
Join Emma as she looks at mobilization in the Civil War for your APUSH exam. She goes through the early events of the war, as well as a comparison of the efforts of each side in funding the war. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
May 15, 2020β’2 min
In this episode, Emma looks at the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1956 for your APUSH exam. She goes through the attack on the federal arsenal led by abolitionist John Brown as well as the 1956 presidential election. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
May 13, 2020β’3 min
This week, Emma looks at the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Know Nothing Party for your APUSH exam. She goes through the election of 1956, the formation of the Republican party and the Dred Scott decision. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
May 11, 2020β’3 min
Join Emma as she looks at the nativist movement for your APUSH exam. She looks at the effect of European immigration in the 1840s and 1850s and the ensuing backlash by native-born Americans. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
May 10, 2020β’3 min
In this episode, Emma looks at the compromise of 1850 for your APUSH exam. She looks at the attempts to resolve the conflicts regarding slavery in the newly acquired territories after the Mexican-American War. She goes through the Wilmot Proviso, the Liberty Party and the Free-Soil Party. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
May 01, 2020β’2 min
In this episode, Emma looks at the outcome of the Mexican-American War and the impact on minorities for your APUSH exam. She goes through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago which ended the Mexican-American War as well the treatment of Mexican Americans in the aftermath. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Apr 29, 2020β’2 min
In this episode, Emma takes an in-depth look at the Mexican-American War for your APUSH exam. She looks at the key events in the lead up to the Mexican-American War including the capture of Monterey, California. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Apr 27, 2020β’2 min
Emma's back with the lowdown on manifest destiny for your APUSH exam. She looks at the two significant pieces of legislation to encourage and facilitate westward migration in 1862 The Homestead Act and The Pacific Railway Act of 1862. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Apr 26, 2020β’2 min
Emma looks at the Southern states' reluctance to abolish slavery for your APUSH exam. She talks about the perceived intention of the Tariff of 1828 to destroy the Southern economy and values. She also looks at the role of John C. Calhoun and George Fitzhugh on the resistence to abolition. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Apr 17, 2020β’2 min
In this episode, Emma looks at the lives of slaves and the various communities formed by African Americans for your APUSH exam. She looks at the influence of African beliefs and customs on US society, and the coping strategies used by slaves in order to navigate the awful conditions they lived and worked under. Important listening for any American, and excellent preparation for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Apr 15, 2020β’2 min
Emma looks at the Women's Rights movement and increasing slave rebellions in the 1800s for your APUSH exam. She looks at the Seneca Falls Convention for a conference on women's rights and the work of Sarah and Angelina GrimkΓ© in uniting the fight for women's rights with the rights of slaves. She also looks at the momentous Louisiana Slave Revolt as well as Nat Turner's Rebellion, and the outcomes of both. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or vi...
Apr 10, 2020β’2 min
Emma looks at the work of William Lloyd Garrison and the movement to abolish slavery for your APUSH exam. She goes through the formation of various antislavery societies, including the Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America or ACS. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Apr 08, 2020β’3 min
In this episode, Emma looks at the different reform organizations that were popping up during the 1800s for your APUSH exam. In particular, she looks at the Washing Temperance Society as well as the work of ministers Lyman Beecher and Sylvester Graham. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Apr 03, 2020β’2 min
Emma looks at the inception of the various religious utopian societies in the period before the American Civil War for your APUSH exam. She looks at Joseph Smith's Mormon movement, Ann Lee's Shaker movement and George Ripley's Brook Farm. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Apr 01, 2020β’2 min
Emma's back with everything you need to know about the Second Great Awakening for your APUSH exam. In this episode, she looks at the causes of the Second Great Awakening and the role of Charles Grandison Finney and the American Bible Society on the large increase in churchgoers in the early 1800s. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Mar 27, 2020β’2 min
In this episode, Emma looks at the development of American culture, through ideals such as transcendentalism and the work of Margaret Fuller for your APUSH exam. She also looks at the romantic movement, as brought over to the US from Europe by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Mar 25, 2020β’2 min
Join Emma as she gives the lowdown on the events during Andrew Jackson's presidency for your APUSH exam. She looks at the Nullification Crisis, the Bank War, and the Indian Removal Act. She also goes into the Worcester v. Georgia case, as well as Black Hawk's War. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Feb 28, 2020β’4 min
Emma looks at the expansion of suffrage from men with property rights to all white men in the American Republic for your APUSH exam. She looks at the presidential election of 1828 between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Feb 26, 2020β’3 min
Emma looks at the transport revolution of the 1800s, detailing the milestones in public transit like the Erie Canal, the Cumberland Road highway and Mohawk and Hudson Railroad for your APUSH exam. She also looks at the reliance of the antebellum South on the cotton industry, and the slave labor involved. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Feb 21, 2020β’4 min
This week, Emma looks at the Market Revolution that began in the late 1700s for your APUSH exam. She goes through the process of industrialization, including the increasing prominence of cotton mills, as well as innovations like the telegram, the steamship engine, and the McCormick reaper. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Feb 19, 2020β’4 min
Emma looks at the events of the 1820s for your APUSH exam. She looks at the Tariff of 1828, the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the Texan-American War and the Compromise of 1850. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Feb 14, 2020β’3 min
Emma gives the lowdown on the rise of political parties and the era of Jefferson for your APUSH exam. She also looks at the Adams-OnΓs Treaty and the purchase of the state of Louisiana from France. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Feb 12, 2020β’4 min
Emma looks at the formation of alliances with the American Indian tribes, as well as the massacre of ninety-six Christian Delawares in 1782 for your APUSH exam. She also looks at Thomas Jefferson's role as a slave owner, and the attitudes towards slaves in the new republic. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Feb 10, 2020β’3 min
In this episode, Emma looks at the relationship with American Indians in the new American Republic for your APUSH exam. She also looks at the formation of the Democrat-Republican and Federalist political parties. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Feb 07, 2020β’4 min
This week Emma looks at the impact of the French Revolution on America's foreign policy for your APUSH exam, as well as the treaties negotiated due to the war between France and Britain. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Jan 29, 2020β’3 min
This week Emma looks at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 for your APUSH exam. She also goes in to the formation of the Bill of Rights. Ideal for preparing you for your AP US History exam. Click here for the full course , or visit this link: http://bit.ly/2O1gaJx...
Jan 22, 2020β’2 min