You Do Not Own Me! part four
1840's: Can Mexico and the U.S. settle their differences without war?
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Explore " mexican american war" with insightful episodes like "You Do Not Own Me! part four", "What Is Mexican-American", "Lawful: The Lynching of Chipita Rodriguez", "Young Hickory's Triumph" and "Win the Battle, Lose the War." from podcasts like ""This Weeks Story", "Growing with Sol", "Old Blood", "In The West Wing" and "Untold Civil War"" and more!
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What Is Mexican-American
References:
Why Mexican Americans Say "The Border Crossed Us"
The Long History of Anti-Latino Discrimination in America
Arkansa Gov. Sanders Signs a Law that Makes It Easier To Employ Children
Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs
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Lawful: The Lynching of Chipita Rodriguez
In the middle of the American Civil War, a horse trader was found in a south Texas river with his head axed in. Following the discovery, the town sheriff arrested an elderly woman by the name of Chipita Rodriguez. Was justice served?
Sources:
Abernethy, Francis Edward. Legendary Ladies of Texas (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1994).
Correa, Tom. “Was Josefa ‘Chipita’ Rodriguez a Patsy?” The American Cowboy Chronicles. September 30, 2021. http://www.americancowboychronicles.com/2020/02/josefa-chipita-rodriguez-texas-bandit.html
Davies, Dave. “‘Cult of Glory’ Reveals the Dark History of the Texas Rangers.” NPR. June 8, 2020. https://www.npr.org/2020/06/08/871929844/cult-of-glory-reveals-the-dark-history-of-the-texas-rangers
Hebert, Rachel Bluntzer. The Forgotten Colony: San Patricio de Hibernia (Burnet: Eakins Press, 1981).
Givens, Murphy. “A black day in San Patricio when Chipita was hanged.” Corpus Christi Caller Times. April 6, 2017. https://www.caller.com/story/news/columnists/murphy-givens/2017/01/17/black-day-san-patricio-when-chipita-hanged/96556038/
Guthrie, Keith. The Legend of Chipita: The Only Woman Hanged in Texas (Austin: Eakin Press, 1990).
Jennings, Rachel. “Celtic Women and White Guilt: Frankie Silver and Chipita Rodriguez in Folk Memory.” MELUS. Vol. 28. No. 1. (Spring, 2003). Pp. 17-37.
Torres, Alfred. Jr., “The noose plagued Mexican-Americans, too.” My San Antonio. November 25, 2017. https://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/The-noose-plagued-Mexican-Americans-too-12381761.php
Underwood, Marylyn. “Rodriguez, Josefa [Chipita].” Texas State Historical Association. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/rodriguez-josefa-chipita
Wills, Matthew. “The Untold History of Lynching in the American West.” JSTOR. March 26, 2019. https://daily.jstor.org/the-untold-history-of-lynching-in-the-american-west/
1985 Texas Legislature docs regarding Chipita here: https://thewrongcarlos.net/wp-content/sources/texas-legislature-scr-14-69th-regular-session.pdf
For more on the lynching of ethnic Mexicans: https://utrgv.libguides.com/SCA/lynching (Research Guide from the University of Texas)
Lynching in Texas: https://www.lynchingintexas.org/
Music: Credits to David Fesilyan
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Young Hickory's Triumph
In this episode, we explore the fateful presidency of James K. Polk and the largest single expansion of American territory in the Mexican American war. In only four years Young Hickory asserted the United States manifest destiny, and achieved all of his campaign promises.
Win the Battle, Lose the War.
Professor Richard B. McCaslin comes on the show to discuss John S. “Rip” Ford. Texas Ranger Ford would become known as the last victorious southern battlefield commander!
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HILF 04: President Polk with Meryl Klemow
No one expected James K Polk to be president. He was a quiet, frail, Tennessee Democrat with no military record who had just lost his governor's seat... again. But history is a party my friends, and the fascinating and winding road that leads him into the White House in 1844 is wild ride. Thanks for coming along!
My guest is the hilarious Meryl Klemow - she is a comedian, podcaster, and impossible-to-cancel. Together we tell the tale of some of the most gob-smacking moments of Polk's life (seriously WHY do we keep talking about his scrotum) and unfold the personalities and mysteries that surrounded him. How did this Dark Horse even get nominated to be president? How is he responsible for the US 'acquiring' both Texas and California? ...and what the heck was in that mysteries box delivered to him on the eve of his exit from office? Settle in and find out.
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PART 1
00:05:20 - Meryl explains why she is so drawn to President Polk and what has brought us to this particular F-ing.
00:07:13 - Dawn explains some of the landmines of this episode, including the subjects of slavery, the Trail of Tears, and the Mexican-American War. Buckle up.
00:09:00 - Dawn lays out her sources and research. Primarily the biography, POLK: The Man who Transformed the Presidency and America. by Walter R. Borneman.
00:12:00 - This Guy's Got Stones. THIS is why we keep talking about his scrotum.
00:16:49 - James K Polk was known as 'Young Hickory' because of his closeness to previous president, Andrew Jackson aka 'Old Hickory'. Jackson was much-loved by some, but so hated by others that whole party coalesced around their disdain for him - The Whigs.
00:20:16 - Meet President Tyler, another one-term president we usually forget. He is the man who proved that sometimes the Whig wears you...
00:25:38 - President Tyler and his Secretary of the Navy take most of the cabinet out for a cruise aboard a warship called The Princeton and things get... explosive.
00:29:50 - Everything is bigger in Texas - including its origin story as a state! The US had it, sold it, stole it back, and then ultimately bought it. Remember the Alamo?
00:32:55 - Certainly a HILF in his own right, Dawn touches briefly on the man Sam Houston. He was the president of the Independent Republic of Texas before it was annexed by the United States.
00:38:24 - How a boring-ass vote for a 2/3 majority to win the nomination leads a dark horse into the white house.
00:40:00 - The 1844 nominations are in it's Clay vs Polk and HOLY SHIT - Polk wins the presidency because of a 3rd party candidate upsetting the predictions in New York.
...and thus begins centuries of people asking: Who the hell is James K. Polk?
PART 2
00:42:58 - Meryl and Dawn discuss Polk's various positions... You heard me.
00:44:35 - America wrestles with how to annex Texas and Polk on the eve of his inauguration makes a radical suggestion.
00:46:22 - Polk's bold plan - which he says he'll accomplish in one term: Get Oregon, Get Texas, Get California and change everything about the tax code... no big deal.
00:47:45 - Zachary Taylor gots to the Rio Grande to pick a fight and Polk casually defies the constitution and declares war with Mexico.
00:48:49 - The US begins, fights and wins the Mexican/American war in only two years - a time when information took three weeks to get from DC to California. It's a quick war but there are some very fuckable nuggets within:
00:49:25 - Charles Fremont and his secret marriage to the hot, brilliant teenager, Jessie Benton.
00:52:10 - But then Charles goes rogue, oversteps his bounds, and gets himself court-martialed... but only after he helps create the still much-loved California Republic Flag.
00:55:11 - A retrospective of the Mexican/American War in which we come out looking like a bunch of bullies. Not my take - Ulysses S. Grant's.
00:57:00 - Polk's out - no interest in even running again. But on your way out, Mr. President, we'd like to give you this MYSTERIOUS BOX OF GOLD!
01:00:00 - Polk's farewell cruise through the South... and right into the grips of the Cholera that ultimately kills him.
01:06:10 - End Credits, thanks - and our subject for the next episode: The Krampus with my real-life husband, Andrew Melby.
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What Would Theodore Roosevelt Do if He Were President Today? A Conversation with Clay Risen
Teddy Roosevelt, one of only four U.S. presidents to grace Mount Rushmore, consistently ranks as one of America’s best presidents. But what makes him so great? And how did the volunteer army he organized to fight the Spanish American War in Cuba, the legendary Rough Riders, lead to his meteoric rise in American life?
Clay Risen, a senior politics editor at The New York Times and author of The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century, shares how Roosevelt became a revered leader—and what Roosevelt might make of our political environment today.
The Ruffian: Zachary Taylor
Join Ryan, Blaine, & Russ as they discuss our Nation's twelfth President, Zachary Taylor!
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The Civil War was sparked in the "Alamo State!"
QuantumERA has not only brought Gettysburg to life in augmented reality, but they have also done so with the Alamo. On this episode I sit with Michael McGar of QuantumERA, to discuss their Alamo app and how Texas played a role in the sparking of the Civil War and the Alamo's connections to the War.
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The California War: Trailer episode
One hundred seventy-five years ago the U.S. invaded and conquered California as part of its plan for expanding its territory from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately for the people of California, their lands were on the American target list. They would only learn this when American troops captured Monterey and other towns along the coast in July 1846. However, within a month, Californians began an armed resistance against the Americans, starting by defeating American troops in Los Angeles.
With American democracy under constant assault, and attacks on the integrity of the nation occurring regularly, now is the time to remember that California did not become a state voluntarily, but at literal gunpoint. Through the unprecedented research of Executive Producer Dr. Hannah Miyamoto, and the sponsorship of the Ohana Justice Center Charitable Trust, "The California War" is producing a series of videos for YouTube that relate each week of the American invasion and conquest of California, from January 2021 to January 2022. Your tax-deductible donation through Patreon has never funded a more timely and necessary video project.
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