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Shaking America

Shaking America

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A podcast about stories in history that shook up the United States.

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  • The Bonus Army

    The Bonus Army
    Oct 9 2025

    In 1932 over 43,000 protestors marched on Washington DC, demanding better treatment and pay for veterans of World War I. President Hoover and the US government responded with violence, tear gassing and shooting the veterans.
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    7 Min.
  • Baseball in the Japanese American Concentration Camps

    Baseball in the Japanese American Concentration Camps
    Aug 21 2025

    When over 120,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisoned in concentration camps during WWII they brought the American sport of baseball with them.


    Sources

    America's Concentration Camps by Allan R. Bosworth

    Through a Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese American Baseball by Kerry Yo Nakagawa

    Kenichi Zenimura: Japanese American Baseball Pioneer by Bill Staples Jr
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    9 Min.
  • The Battle of Lake Erie

    The Battle of Lake Erie
    Jul 24 2025

    In the War of 1812 the US Navy would engage the British Royal Navy in the cold waters of Lake Erie. The battle would decide the future of the Great Lakes.


    Sources


    Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron by Ronald Utt

    The Lake Erie Campaign by Walter Rybka

    https://www.nps.gov/articles/brock-meets-tecumseh.htm

    https://www.nps.gov/articles/surrender-of-detroit.htm

    https://www.nps.gov/articles/a-mere-matter-of-marching.htm

    from the National Parks Service database

    https://detroithistorical.org/sites/default/files/lessonPlans/SurrenderDetroitFINAL.pdf

    from the Detroit Historical Society
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    12 Min.
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