A tragedy on the Potomac changes the course of history; a shocking announcement throws the Democratic Party into disarray; a young new Presidential candidate is unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight.

A history of the United States from a political perspective.

Part 1

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“The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War” by Michael F. Holt
“America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion, and the Presidential Election That Transformed the Nation” by John Bicknell
“What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848” by Daniel Walker Howe
“Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America” by Walter R. Borneman
“John Tyler, the Accidental President” by Edward P. Crapol
“The Second American Party System: Party Formation in the Jacksonian Era” by Richard P. McCormick
“And Tyler Too: A Biography of John & Julia Gardiner Tyler” by Robert Seager
“Henry Clay : Statesman for the Union” by Robert V. Remini
“Explosion on the Potomac: The 1844 Calamity Aboard the USS Princeton” by Kerry Walters

“The ‘Princeton’ and the ‘Peacemaker’: A Study in NineteenthCentury Naval Research and
Development Procedures” by Lee M. Pearson
“Through the Eyes of the Enemy: Why Henry Clay Lost the Presidential Election of 1844 through the Lens of The Daily Argus of Portland, Maine” by Laura Ellyn Smith

“The Accident on Board the U.S.S. ‘Princeton’, February 28th, 1844: A Contemporary NewsLetter” Edited with Notes by St. George L. Sioussat, University of Pennsylvania
“A Sketch of the Life of Com. Robert F. Stockton” by Samuel Bayard
The New York Herald, March 1 1844, Library of Congress
The Whig Standard, October 17 1844, Library of Congress
Photograph: “Gun from USS Princeton”, Naval History and Heritage Command

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Equatorial Complex Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Polonaise in A major 'Military', Op. 40 no. 1
By Frédéric Chopin
Performed by Luis Sarro
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Variations sur un air national allemand, B. 14
By Frédéric Chopin
Performed by Olga Gurevich
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String Quartet in D major, opus 64 no. 5 ‘The Lark’ 2. Adagio Cantabile
By Franz Joseph Haydn
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Night Cave Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Piano Sonata No. 13 III. Allegretto Grazioso
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Brendan Kinsella
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Unanswered Questions Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Half Mystery Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Piano Sonata no. 20 in A major, D. 959 III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
By Franz Schubert
Performed by Paul Pitman
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Bleeping Demo Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Fantasy in C Major Op.15 D.760 'Wanderer' III. Presto
By Franz Schubert
Performed by Paul Pitman
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