President James K. Polk took over the White House with a vision, and in in 1846 he set his dreams into reality. Like many Americans at the time, Polk believed in America’s “Manifest Destiny” to take over all of North America. Standing in his way was the newly formed Republic of Mexico, and Polk took extreme measures to manufacture a war that forever change the continent. This conflict would add the entire Southwest to the American nation, and spur the first true anti-war movement in US history. Although few understand its importance today, the long legacy of the war has soured US-Mexican relations ever since and remains critical to understanding the growth of the United States. On this episode we discuss the Mexican-American War.
S04E14: Otto von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor and the Second Reich
S04E13: Pocahontas, the Lady of Virginia
S04E12: William Wallace, No Braveheart
S04E11: Denmark Vesey and Slave Rebellion
S04E10: Crazy Horse, Defender of the Plains
S04E09: Captain Edward J. Smith, RMS Titanic
S04E08: George W. Bush: Days of Fire
S04E07: Robert E. Lee, Hero or Traitor?
S04E06: Boudica, Warrior Queen of Britain
S04E05: Herbert Hoover, American Nero?
S04E04: Pakal, Mayan Overlord
S04E03: Shaka Zulu
S04E02: Vlad Dracula, The Impaler Lord
S04E01: Alexander the Great
S03 Wrap Up
S03E16: Victory at Yorktown?
S03E14: Hessians: Mercenaries, Rebels, and the War for British North America
S03E13: 1779: George Washington Devastates Iroquoia.
S03E12: 1778: A Very Global Affair
S03E11: 1777: The Year of the Hangman, Saratoga
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