Lecture 25
The Economic History of the United States
Topic Presenter Presenter
1Venture Gadi Ernie
2Tobacco Noah Drake
3Taxes Gadi Tyler
4Cotton Zoe Ernie
5Steam Owen Open
6Canals Paeton Walter
7Railroads Owen Miriam
8Telegraph James Ernie
9Gold Zoe Laker
10Slavery Kevin Jocelyn
11War Kevin Ian
12Oil Noah Ian
13Steel Owen Ian
14Machines Gadi Open
15Light Zoe Miriam
16Retail Eli Kristel
17Unions Nicole Drake
18Papers Eli Kristel
19Trusts James Tyler
20Food Nicole Laker
21Autos Noah Walter
22Radio Owen Miriam
23BootleggingKevin Tyler
24Banking Noah Tyler
25Film Paeton Walter
26Flight Zoe Jacob
27Suburbia Gadi Tommy
28TelevisionPaeton Jocelyn
29Roads James Jocelyn
30Computing Nicole Alex
31Start-Ups Noah Alex
32Finance Owen Alex
33Shoes Gadi Ernie
34Internet James Kristel
35Mobile Nicole Tommy
14Machines Gadi Open
15Light Zoe Miriam
16Retail Eli Kristel
17Unions Nicole Drake
18Papers Eli Kristel
19Trusts James Tyler
20Food Nicole Laker
21Autos Noah Walter
22Radio Owen Miriam
23BootleggingKevin Tyler
24Banking Noah Tyler
25Film Paeton Walter
26Flight Zoe Jacob
27Suburbia Gadi Tommy
28Television Paeton Jocelyn
29Roads Owen Jocelyn
30Computing Nicole Alex
31Start-Ups Noah Alex
32Finance Owen Alex
33Shoes Gadi Ernie
34Internet James Kristel
35Mobile Nicole Tommy
Steve Jobs
1955 - 2011 (56)
Computing
Internet • Mobile
The Hamilton Creation
Public Finance
Money, Taxes, Borrowing
Thalar
Decimalize
Federalist Papers
Tariffs
Debt
Capital
Central Bank
Alexander Hamilton
1755 - 1804 (49)
Rights are grounded in reality
Grounded in objective truth knowable through
our reason
America is the land of the free, but we are not
free from the truth.
Truth sets us free
Thomas Jefferson
1743 - 1825 (83)
Third President
1800 - 1808
Louisana Purchase
1803
John Adams
1735 - 1826 (90)
Second President
Part I: A Vast And Roaring Wilderness
Chapter 1: The Land, the People, and the Law
Chapter 2: In the Name of God and Profit
Chapter 3: The Atlantic Empire
Part II: A Country That Could Make Itself As It Pleased Transition: The American Revolution
Chapter 4: The Hamiltonian Creation
Chapter 5: A Terrible Synergy
Chapter 6: Labor Improbus Omnia Vincit
Chapter 7: The Jeffersonian Destruction
Chapter 8: New Jersey Must Be Free!
Chapter 9: Chaining the Lightning of Heaven
Chapter 10: Whales, Wood, Ice, and Gold
Part III : The Emerging Colossus Transition:The Civil War
Chapter 11: Capitalism Red in Tooth and Claw
Chapter 12: Doing Business with Glass Pockets
Chapter 13: Was There Ever Such a Business!
Chapter 14: A Cross of Gold
Part IV: The American Century Begins Transition: The First World War
Chapter 15: Getting Prices Down to the Buying Power
Chapter 16: Fear Itself
Chapter 17: Converting Retreat into Advance
Part V: A New Economic Revolution Transition: The Second World War
Chapter 18: The Great Postwar Boom
Chapter 19: The Crisis of the New Deal Order
Chapter 20: A New Economy, a New World, a New War