Upton Sinclair's Epic Run For Governor (1933)

Upton Sinclair's Epic Run For Governor (1933)

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A Compromise To Avert Civil War [Some Sunday Context]

For our "Sunday Context" series, we discuss the political pressures that the arrival of California as a new state put on the country as a whole -- and the various attempts to avoid a conflict over the question of slavery and its expansion.Join our America250 newsletter community! ...  Show more

Gold Changes Everything (1849) [Part 2]

We continue our look at the effects of the gold rush with an examination of how various communities were affected, and found agency, in a rapidly transforming California -- women, Chinese immigrants, Native Americans, criminals, and more. Plus: how California "speed ran" modern c ...  Show more

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