U.S. History

Part IV: The Era of Corruption, 1817–1829.

Part III: The Failed Jeffersonian Revolution, 1801–1817.

Part V: The Failed Jacksonian Revolution, 1829–1849.

Part I: The Road to Empire, 1607–1790.

Part IV: The Era of Corruption, 1817–1829.

Part II: The Hamiltonian Era, 1790–1801.

Part IV: The Era of Corruption, 1817–1829.

Part III: The Failed Jeffersonian Revolution, 1801–1817.

Part V: The Failed Jacksonian Revolution, 1829–1849.

Dr. Patrick Newman and Tho Bishop discuss the connection between the imperialism of the Jacksonians and the corruption of America as an "empire of liberty."

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Chapter 12: The Culmination of The American System: Enlarging the Empire

Chapter 7: President Jefferson: The Supremacy of Moderation

Chapter 15: Dismantling the American System: A Laissez-Faire Economy

Chapter 1: The Path to American Independence

Chapter 10: Erecting the American System: The Monetary Infrastructure

Chapter 5: Prime Minister Hamilton: The Imperial Program

Chapter 13: The Jacksonian Revolution and the Defeat of the National Republicans

Chapter 8: President Jefferson: The Corruption of Land

Chapter 16: Resurrecting the American System: The Growth of Imperialism

American Conquest and the Fall of the Jacksonians