As Donald Trump takes office as the forty-fifth president of the United States, this course explores presidential elections in historical perspective, via five case studies. It tells the story of key campaigns in US history, and by doing so it investigates how politics changed over time—and how understanding the past sheds light on the current campaign. From the arrival of "dirty politics" to the impact of the "digital revolution," the course looks at the historical background to some of the key phenomena that shaped the controversy-laden campaign of 2016.
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The Making of the US President: A Short History in Five Elections
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Subtítulos: Inglés (English), Griego
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3 horas para completar
The Election of 1800
The stormy election of 1800 culminated in the election of Thomas Jefferson as president, but it also played an important role in encouraging American politicians to reform the electoral college, which remains the system by which presidents are chosen.
3 horas para completar
19 videos (Total 96 minutos), 5 lecturas, 1 cuestionario
19 videos
Setting the Scene 2: Issues--Hamilton vs. Jefferson; the French Revolution6m
Setting the Scene 3: The Election of 1796; the Quasi-War5m
Adams and Pinckney4m
Jefferson and Burr4m
Hamilton1m
The Electoral College6m
Voting5m
The 1800 Campaign 16m
The 1800 Campaign 23m
The Press and the 1800 Campaign2m
The Electoral College Meets3m
Deadlock in Congress4m
Jefferson's Deal?2m
The Inauguration1m
The Revolution of 1800?6m
Interview: Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf7m
Interview: Joanne B. Freeman5m
Interview: Gaye Wilson11m
5 lecturas
The New Nation10m
Joanne B. Freeman, "The Presidential Election of 1800: A Story of Crisis, Controversy, and Change."10m
[Optional Reading] Alexander Hamilton's attack on John Adams, October 24, 180010m
Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 180110m
Interviews with Historians10m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Practice Quiz – The Election of 18006m
3 horas para completar
The Election of 1860
With four candidates seeking the White House in 1860, the election of Abraham Lincoln prompted South Carolina's secession, the establishment of the Confederate States of America, and the Civil War. Exploring the 1860 election helps us to understand the development of political parties, voting, and radicalism in American politics.
3 horas para completar
6 videos (Total 28 minutos), 7 lecturas, 2 cuestionarios
6 videos
Parties and Voting6m
Conventions and Platforms9m
Outcomes and Consequences3m
Roundtable: The impact of the 1860 election4m
Round-up discussion: Friday, October 28, Was the 1800 presidential election the 'nastiest' in American history?2m
7 lecturas
The Pre-Civil War Era & the Sectional Crisis10m
Caleb Bingham (1853-1854)20m
“Political Parties in the United States, 1820–1860”10m
Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 186030m
1860 Republican Platform10m
Primary Sources: Secession20m
“Presidential Election of 1860: A Resource Guide,” Library of Congress.10m
2 ejercicios de práctica
Practice Quiz – The Election of 18606m
Week 1 Quiz - Nineteenth-Century Elections10m
3 horas para completar
The Election of 1968
The problems that America faced in fighting the Vietnam War forced Lyndon Johnson to withdraw his candidacy for reelection, and the war would be seen as a leading factor in the victory of Richard Nixon. But how important was, and is, foreign policy in American domestic politics?
3 horas para completar
9 videos (Total 46 minutos), 7 lecturas, 1 cuestionario
9 videos
The Impact of Tet6m
The New Hampshire Primary5m
Presidential Primaries4m
Democratic Primaries 19685m
Issues I: Law and Order6m
Issues II: The Impact of Vietnam4m
The Results7m
Conclusion3m
7 lecturas
The Sixties, the 'Unraveling', and 196830m
Primary Sources – Responses to Vietnam: Walter Cronkite and the 'Wise Men'20m
Primary Source – President Johnson's March 31st Speech10m
Primaries10m
Primary Sources about the 1968 Election – Party Platforms, Humphrey's Campaign, and Riots in Chicago30m
Primary Sources: Humphrey/Johnson Discuss Vietnam, LeMay/Wallace Press Conference, and LBJ Halts Bombing in Vietnam30m
Voting Map, Statistics, and Results10m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Practice Quiz - The Election of 19686m
3 horas para completar
The Election of 1980
3 horas para completar
6 videos (Total 54 minutos), 8 lecturas, 2 cuestionarios
6 videos
The history of presidential debates8m
The Carter-Reagan presidential debate6m
Conservative ascendancy and electoral eras7m
The gender gap8m
Roundtable Discussion: Week 216m
8 lecturas
Context2m
Secondary reading on liberalism's travails and the 1980 election40m
Primary sources on the 1980 presidential campaign10m
The development and significance of presidential debates on television3m
Optional primary source: the Carter-Reagan debate10m
Turning points and "realignments" in electoral history3m
Exploring the "gender gap" in voting3m
Data on the gender gap10m
2 ejercicios de práctica
Practice Quiz – The Election of 19806m
Week 2 Quiz – Twentieth-Century Elections10m
2 horas para completar
The Election of 2008
At the end of our course, we look back to the election of Barack Obama in 2008. This is explored through the testimony and perspectives of a practitioner who took part in the Obama campaign, of a journalist who traveled across America in fall 2008, and of a political scientist who has written about the election. Did Obama's victory signal a turn to progressivism, and how did digital technologies transform electoral politics?
2 horas para completar
4 videos (Total 56 minutos), 7 lecturas, 1 cuestionario
4 videos
Jon Kelly on the making of the US president in 200817m
Nicol Rae on the making of the US president in 200814m
Roundtable on 2008 election8m
7 lecturas
Exploring the election of Barack Obama5m
"Barack Obama: Campaigns and Elections"10m
Background reading (optional): The American Yawp on recent US history30m
Primary Sources – Campaign Commercials10m
About Mike Moffo1m
About Jon Kelly1m
About Nicol Rae2m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Practice Quiz – The Election of 20086m
3 horas para completar
The Election of 2016
It is too soon to tell the history of the 2016 presidential election (and so last year's election is not one of the five that are at the heart of our course), but how does does history help us to understand the Clinton-Trump contest and its outcome? By way of concluding "The Making of the US President," we reflect on historical parallels (and discontinuities).
3 horas para completar
2 videos (Total 87 minutos), 3 lecturas, 1 cuestionario
2 videos
Discussing Donald Trump's inaugural address18m
3 lecturas
Exploring the political battle via campaign commercials15m
Roundtable discussion after the 2016 election10m
Exploring Donald Trump's inaugural address in historical perspective15m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Week 3 Quiz – The Election of 2016 and Historical Parallels10m
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