Archive for November, 2009
American History Series: Plan in 1850 on Slavery Aims to Save Union
”Life itself is but a compromise between death and life,” said Henry Clay, the Kentucky senator who offered a way to keep the states together. Transcript of radio broadcast: 18 March 2009 Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. The United States faced a deep national crisis in [...]
American History Series: Zachary Taylor Is Elected President in 1848
Congress was hopelessly divided. The anti-slavery Free Soil Party controlled the House. Pro-slavery southerners controlled the Senate. Transcript of radio broadcast: 11 March 2009 ANNOUNCER: Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. The Whig Party considered four candidates for the presidential election of eighteen forty-eight: Senator Henry Clay [...]
American History Series: Polk Decides Not to Seek Second Term in 1848
President James Polk may have served his country well, but he had not served his party well. He let disputing Democrats move even farther apart. Transcript of radio broadcast: 04 March 2009 ANNOUNCER: Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. In eighteen forty-eight, while James Polk was president, [...]
