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Lyndsay and Will discuss the content NOT included in Reconstruction--the episode about the struggle to put the national back together after the Civil War.

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The shadow of the First World War hung over the world. The victors were exhausted and the vanquished wanted revenge. We discuss the death of European democracies, the global origins of WWII, and America’s reluctant journey to war.

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https://www.americanhistoryremix.com/episodeguide/road-to-war

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In this episode we cover….

• Introduction [0:00-02:41]
• World War I [02:41-07:04]
• US Returns to Isolationism [07:04-09:15]
• Italy & the Rise of Mussolini [09:15-11:19]
• The Philosophy of Fascism [11:19-13:30]
• Germany’s Defeat [13:30-15:29]
• The Nazi Party [15:29-18:00]
• The Weimar Republic [18:00-19:51]
• Failed Nazi Coup [19:51-21:49]
• Manchuria [21:49-26:40]
• Nazi Breakthrough [26:40-30:25]
• Ethiopia [30:25-31:55]
• American Neutrality [31:55-33:10]
• The Spanish Civil War & Neutrality [33:10-37:04]
• Japanese in China [37:04-39:45]
• German Rearmament & the Rhineland [39:45-41:35]
• Austria & Czechoslovakia [41:35-45:27]
• Nazi-Soviet Pact [45:27-46:59]
• American Response to War [46:59-48:24]
• Germany Takes Europe [48:24-51:39]
• Jewish Refugees [51:39-55:19]
• US Aid to Britain [55:19-57:33]
• Roosevelt & Third Term [57:33-59:54]
• Battle of Britain & Destroyer Deal [59:54-01:02:52]
• America Initiates Draft [01:02:52-01:04:19]
• Lend-Lease & Atlantic Charter [01:04:19-01:06:40]
• Germany Invades Soviet Union [01:06:40-01:09:30]
• Conflict in the Pacific [01:09:30-01:12:31]
• Roosevelt & Japan [01:12:31-01:15:01]
• Pearl Harbor [01:15:01-01:16:47]
• Conclusion [01:16:47-01:19:11]

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To dive deeper into these topics (affiliate links):

Jane Caplan, ed. Nazi Germany.
https://tinyurl.com/Caplan-Nazi-Germany

Justus D. Doenecke and John Edward Wilz, From Isolation to War, 1931-1941.
https://tinyurl.com/Doenecke-and-Wilz

Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin.
https://tinyurl.com/Snyder-Bloodlands

David M. Kennedy, Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945.
https://tinyurl.com/Kennedy-Freedom-from-Fear

John Merriman, A History of Modern Europe: From the Renaissance to the Present.
https://tinyurl.com/Merriman-A-History

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Episode Description

The Great Depression sucked, the Dust Bowl made it even worse. We discuss how American greed destroyed both the economy and the land. Buckle up.

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In this episode we cover….

• Introduction [00:00-03:50]
• World War One & Wheat [03:50-07:06]
• 1920s Economy [07:06-09:29]
• Overproduction of Wheat [09:29-11:09]
• Consumption & Progress [11:09-12:49]
• Economic Downturn [12:49-14:03]
• Market Crash [14:03-16:04]
• Causes of Depression [16:04-19:45]
• The Great Depression–General [19:45-20:57]
• Life During the Depression [20:57-25:34]
• Bonus Army [25:34-27:39]
• Legacy of the Depression [27:39-28:23]
• Dust Storms [28:23-33:40]
• Okies [33:40-35:47]
• Roosevelt Elected [35:47-37:29]
• The New Deal [37:29-41:19]
• Rural Reform [41:19-46:11]
• Evaluation of the New Deal [46:11-49:35]
• World War II [49:35-52:44]
• Dust Bowl Ends [52:44-54:51]
• Conclusion [54:51-56:40]

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To dive deeper into these topics (affiliate links):

James N. Gregory, American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California.
https://tinyurl.com/Gregory-American-Exodus

David M. Kennedy, Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945.
https://tinyurl.com/Kennedy-Freedom

Maury Klein, Rainbow’s End: The Crash of 1929.
https://tinyurl.com/Klein-Rainbows-End

Don Nardo, ed. The Great Depression.
https://tinyurl.com/Nardo-The-Great-Depression

Eric Rauchway, The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction.
https://tinyurl.com/Rauchway-The-Great-Depression

Donald Worster, Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s.
https://tinyurl.com/Worster-Dust-Bowl

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