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A Short Walk through Our Long History

I think that if you want to understand the world we live in today, it helps to understand the important events of history. In this series, we are going to look at major events, people, documents, places, books, and ideas that have shaped history, and thus shaped our modern world.

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92 - The Assassination of President Lincoln

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/05/28

Well, the Civil War is over. Mostly. The big battles are over, and though there are going to be a few more battles, everyone knows that the south has lost. The question on everyone’s mind is, ‘What’s going to happen now?’ Is this going to be a smooth transition, or a rough one. Turns out, it’s going to be kind of rough. And one of the reasons that it’s going to be rough is what we are covering in this episode - Lincoln’s assassination. What’s also going to be rough is keeping this

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20:46

91 - Grant vs. Lee and the Surrender at Appomattox

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/05/20

At the same time that Sherman was burning his way through Georgia, but avoiding major battles, Grant was up in Virginia, trying to provoke major battles. In March of 1864, Lincoln had put Grant in charge of all the Union armies. General Meade was still the commander of the Army of the Potomac, so Grant took Meade and together they headed into Virginia to try to defeat Robert E Lee. Grant’s goal was to draw Lee into a huge battle, and destroy the Army of Northern Virginia. Website:

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23:04

89 - The Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/05/14

The Union victory at the Battle of Antietam, well, the draw at Antietam that forced the South to stop their invasion of the north, was seen as a huge victory in the north, even though the actual battle that day was a draw. Both armies basically left the field shattered, but since McClellan didn’t follow up and crush what was left of Lee’s army, the Confederates were able to get back to Virginia, and reorganize. And guess what? They will be back. Lee’s going to invade, again, soon, and

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16:30

88 - The Battle of Antietam and the Emancipation...

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/05/09

The war has been going pretty well for the south at the mid point of 1862, but the south has less men, less guns, less cannons, less of almost everything. Less manufacturing capacity, for sure. But time is sort of on the South’s side. The longer that the Confederacy exists as its own country, the more people are likely to just accept it that way. And the longer the war drags on, especially if the North keeps losing, the more likely the Northern public is to stop supporting the war.

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18:17

87 - Ulysses S Grant and the Battle of Shiloh

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/05/09

At this point, in late 1861, the war is not going well for the Union. The early battles of the Civil War were mostly Union defeats, or at least draws where the Rebel army got away. There were not any definitive victories, that’s for sure. And because of that, the Confederacy still existed. It was sort of like the American strategy during the Revolutionary war - as long as General Washington and the Continental Army still existed, the British hadn’t won. Similarly, as long as the

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16:23

83 - The House Begins to Divide

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/05/09

Last episode, we talked about the revolutions in Europe in 1848. The United States is about to have a revolution, I mean, another one, at least from a certain point of view. From another point of view, it’s a rebellion. But we aren’t quite there yet. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus is accused by the Pharisees of driving out demons using the power of Satan. And Jesus, in a masterful double entendre, replies, ‘Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city

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15:49

86 - Stonewall Jackson and the First Battle of Bull Run

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/05/03

Well, here we are, at war. Sort of. Shots were fired at Fort Sumter, but no one was actually killed in the battle. But now the battle lines are being drawn. Lincoln has asked for more volunteers, and the border states of Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and most importantly, Virginia, have chosen to leave the Union, rather than provide troops that would be used to attack the south. So both sides begin putting together armies. A lot of men volunteered initially, in part because they

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14:31

85 - Fort Sumter - The American Civil War Begins

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/04/25

Well, here we are, right at the brink of disaster. Things are about to get really busy. The United States is about to begin a unique, and very bloody, war. It’s unique in that it was kind of the transitional war from old colonial warfare weapons and strategies, to new modern weapons and strategies. It’s a bit of both, but it will start off, much more in the old colonial style. But it’s going to end with ironclad ships, machine guns, revolvers, aerial reconnaissance, and total war.

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26:23

84 - Lincoln and the Secession of the South

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/04/23

Well, here we are, about to watch a house divide against itself. It’s not going to be pretty. I have to say, as I start this episode, that I really feel like we’re getting somewhere in this podcast. We’re at the brink of war! I mean, we’ve been building up to the Civil War for a while now, and here we are, about to see the United States fall apart. The actual fighting is going to begin next episode, and I then think we are going to linger on the Civil War topic for a few episodes. I

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23:06

82 - The Revolutions of 1848

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/04/15

Last episode, we looked at the massive flow of people that moved west along the Oregon Trail in the US, and I mentioned that it was part of one of the biggest migrations in history. Well, part of the reason that there were a lot of people migrating to the west was that there were a lot of people fleeing Europe during 1848. Why? Because there were revolutions happening all over Europe, and people were fleeing the tensions and fighting there. I’m going to let you in on a bit of a spoiler

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22:48

81 - The Oregon Trail, the Mormons, and the...

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/04/01

This past February, the San Francisco 49ers lost the super bowl to the Kansas City Chiefs, and that brings up the inevitable question, ‘What the heck is a 49er?’ Why are they named that? I will explain shortly. You may also have wondered ‘why the heck do so many Mormons live in Salt Lake City, Utah?’ Again, I will explain shortly. Before we get to San Francisco, we sort of have to go to Oregon, because, well, it’s just a lot easier to get to than California, especially if you’re in

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27:21

80 - The Mexican American War

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/03/25

Ok, just to be clear here, I’m talking about the Mexican-American war that happened from 1846 to 1848, not the current battle that is taking place on the US Mexico border. The US is evidently losing that current battle, which I guess is kind of payback for how easily the US won the war back in the 1840’s. Evidently the cartels currently have a better strategy than the Republic of Mexico had back in the day.The Mexican American war, though it was short, does have a big impact on the world,

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15:26

79 - Manifest Destiny and the Wild West

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/03/15

Well, we’re back in the United States after talking about Queen Victoria and the British Empire, and honestly, I think I’m going to have to spend more time talking about the British Empire and how it grew during the 63 years of her reign, because the British really did a lot of conquering and colonizing in that era. But that’s going to have to wait for a bit, because for the next several episodes, I’m going to be looking closely at things going on in the United States. We have to take a

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20:02

78 - Queen Victoria and the British Empire

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/02/22

Last year, in 2023, the longest reigning monarch in British history passed away. That monarch was Queen Elizabeth II, and she reigned for over 70 years. That, by the way, is the second longest of all the monarchs we have record of, that is, if you don’t count the Sumerian List of Kings, which we mentioned back in Episode 2, which was about the Creation narratives of the ancient world. The longest reign was of Em-Men-Lu-Ana, who reigned for 43,200 years, according to the Sumerian list.

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77 - The Republic of Texas!

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/02/08

Sort of ironic that here we are talking about the time that Texas became an independent from Mexico, and became a republic, right at the same time that there’s a big conflict right on the Texas - Mexico border, and Texas is apparently resisting the US federal government’s efforts to open the border to whatever drug-smuggling and human trafficking invaders want to walk in. I’ll have to come back to that in a bit. Anyway, this episode is about the Republic of Texas. Texas is not the only

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24:36

76 - Andrew Jackson and the Indians

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/01/24

In this episode, we are going to talk about Andrew Jackson, who is one of the most interesting men to have ever been the President of the US. In fact, if it wasn’t for his harsh treatment of the Indians, I mean, if he hadn’t done that, he would be in the running for the most popular president ever. And by that, I don’t just mean popular - there’s a lot of things that he did as president that strongly agreed with the original principles that the US was founded on, principles that the

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15:28

75 - The Congress of Vienna

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/01/23

So I have to start this episode by saying the Congress of Vienna, well, it isn’t a very dramatic moment. There’s no battles, no great drama, no moment of someone standing on the Mons Sacre declaring that they will not rest until Europe has this treaty finished. It’s not that kind of moment. But it a very important topic, and the agreements that will come out of the Congress of Vienna will shape Europe for the next 100 years or so. It was also responsible for temporarily shoring up the

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24:20

72 - Simón Bolívar and South American Independence

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/01/22

In this episode, we are heading to South America, to take a look at the independence movement that started to happen there in the early 1800’s. And the key person we need to talk about is Simón Bolívar. He is kind of the South American version of George Washington, although in a way that kind of sells Bolivar short a bit, because while Washington was one of the founding fathers of the US, Bolivar was THE founding father of south American independence. There are some other differences,

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16:45

73 - The Monroe Doctrine and the Missouri Compromise

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/01/16

The new President, James Monroe, who was elected in 1816, did not want the European powers meddling in the New World, now that they were no longer distracted by Napoleon. So in Monroe’s Inaugural Address, he said this: In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defense.…With the

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23:31

72 - The War 1812

A Short Walk through Our Long History ·

2024/01/12

So by the beginnings of the 1800’s, the United States was starting to solidify itself as an actual nation, and beginning to spread westward. But it was also beginning to spread eastward, in a way, because as an independent nation, it was developing a healthy trans-Atlantic trade network with the countries of western Europe and in the Mediterranean as well. This meant of course, ships sailing across the Atlantic ocean, carrying American cargo and American sailors. Our first problem with

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