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American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In 1814, British troops burned down the White House. That fire would be extinguished, and the Executive Mansion would be rebuilt. But another fire smoldered on – a fire that would eventually consume the United States. This is Antebellum America: the decades leading up to the Civil War.

This was America’s adolescence. The young nation was growing at tremendous speed, forcing its leaders to address fundamental questions about their country’s identity and values. Could the individual states put aside their differences to remain united? And could this new country live up to its lofty ideals, especially when it came to issues like slavery or the treatment of Native Americans?

One leader shaped this era more than any other: America’s reluctant seventh president, Andrew Jackson.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
0:05.6	download the app today.
0:08.8	This summer, American History Tellers will present a special seven-part series on one of
0:12.8	the most pivotal and violent events in our nation's history, the Civil War.
0:17.2	But first, we're bringing you an encore presentation of a series about the war's origins.
0:22.0	In the age of Jackson, we trace the decades leading up to the Civil War by telling the
0:26.5	story of America's beloved and controversial seventh president, Andrew Jackson.
0:31.2	Jackson was a pro-slavery southerner, who nevertheless believed in the importance of a strong union.
0:36.5	But in this six-part series, you'll hear rumblings of the forces that ultimately tore the union apart.
0:50.7	Imagine its August 24, 1814.
0:54.4	You are a clerk at the State Department.
0:56.6	Rumors of an impending British invasion are rampant, and the residents of Washington City
1:01.0	are in a panic.
1:02.7	People are fleeing the city and droves hysterical over the prospect of a British attack on the
1:07.3	capital.
1:08.3	You stand side by side with the fellow clerk on the front steps of the State Department,
1:12.4	waiting for orders from the Secretary of State.
1:14.9	Do you think the Brits are coming?
1:16.3	I don't know.
1:18.1	And that's the truth.
1:19.1	You don't know.
1:20.1	No one does.
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