APUSH for All

Zach Garrison, Riley Keltner, and Mike Hill
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APUSH for All is a history podcast designed for students, history enthusiasts, and anyone eager to understand the past’s impact on today. Hosted by experienced APUSH teachers, each episode explores key historical moments, connects them to current events, and makes history engaging, accessible, and relevant. Whether you’re prepping for the AP exam or just love history, this podcast is for you!

  1. HACE 3 D

    Atoms, Anxiety, and the Affluent Society: America in the 1950s

    In this episode of APUSH for ALL, we explore the contradictions of 1950s America: a decade of prosperity, suburbia, and consumer abundance shadowed by nuclear fear, Cold War conflict, and deep social tension. We trace how the bomb, the Korean War, and McCarthyism shaped everyday life, while Eisenhower-era growth and television helped sell an image of cheerful stability. Beneath that image, though, lay racial exclusion, hidden poverty, youth rebellion, and growing dissatisfaction among women. The 1950s were not simply calm and conformist; they were anxious, unequal, and already planting the seeds of the upheavals to come in the 1960s ahead.

    37 min

  2. 22 MAR

    World War II’s Home Front and the Birth of the Cold War

    In this episode, we explore World War II not just as a military conflict, but as a turning point on the American home front and in global politics. We examine what Americans knew about the Holocaust, the refugee crisis, and the moral limits of U.S. action. We also trace how the war reshaped life for Black Americans, women, Native Americans, and Mexican Americans, exposing deep contradictions in American democracy. Then we shift into the early Cold War, showing how wartime alliances gave way to distrust, containment, and a new national security state that would shape U.S. foreign policy for decades.

    40 min

  3. 16 MAR

    Neutral No More: America and World War II

    In this episode of APUSH for ALL, we trace how the United States moved from deep isolationism after World War I to full-scale involvement in World War II. We explore the trauma that shaped neutrality, the economic collapse that helped fuel Hitler’s rise, and Roosevelt’s cautious steps away from nonintervention. From the Neutrality Acts and Lend-Lease to Pearl Harbor and the two-front war that followed, this is a story of fear, memory, and political choice. We also examine the contradictions of wartime America, including Japanese American internment, and end with the difficult debate over the atomic bomb and war’s legacy.

    38 min

  4. 9 MAR

    28. Fear, Action, and the New Deal

    In this episode of APUSH for ALL, we explore how the optimism of the 1920s collapsed into the Great Depression and forced Americans to reconsider the role of government. The stock market crash exposed deeper problems—overproduction, speculation, weak banks, and global instability—leading to mass unemployment and widespread hardship. Herbert Hoover responded cautiously, relying on voluntary cooperation and limited federal intervention, which many Americans felt was inadequate. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s election marked a turning point, introducing the New Deal’s approach of relief, recovery, and reform. Through programs, regulation, and political experimentation, the federal government expanded its role as the nation struggled to stabilize democracy and rebuild economic security.

    42 min

  5. 1 MAR

    The Roaring Twenties — Modernity, Money, and Moral Panic

    The Roaring Twenties was more than jazz, parties, and prosperity—it was a decade that redefined American life. In this episode, we explore how mass production, consumer credit, and advertising fueled a new economy while leaving workers and farmers behind. We examine cultural revolutions, from flappers and radio to the Harlem Renaissance, alongside fierce backlash in Prohibition, immigration restriction, and the rebirth of the KKK. This was a nation pulled between liberation and control, optimism and anxiety. Beneath the surface of prosperity, tensions over identity, morality, and economic stability were building—setting the stage for the Great Depression and reshaping modern America forever.

    41 min

  6. 22 FEB

    America and the Great War

    “The world must be made safe for democracy.” But what did that really mean? In this episode, we trace how the United States transformed from a rising industrial power into a global force through policies like the Open Door, the Panama Canal, and interventions in Latin America. We explore Wilson’s struggle to remain neutral, and why submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram pushed the nation into World War I. Finally, we examine how the war reshaped life at home—accelerating the Great Migration, intensifying debates over civil liberties, and exposing the gap between America’s democratic ideals and its reality.

    39 min

  7. 16 FEB

    Progressivism Gets Political (and Complicated)

    Progressivism wasn’t just feel-good reform—it became a struggle over who controlled American democracy and modern life. In this episode, Mr. Hill, Ms. Keltner, and Dr. Garrison trace how reformers tackled city machines, pushed direct primaries, initiative/referendum/recall, and the secret ballot—while noting who these “clean elections” left out. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire becomes a turning point, showing how tragedy sparked workplace safety laws. Then we pivot to temperance and the 18th Amendment, and to Progressivism’s darker side: immigration restriction and eugenics. Finally, we follow Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson—and the era’s enduring contradictions. Along way, we ask what reform means—and for whom.

    37 min

  8. 8 FEB

    Imperialism and Progressivism: Power Abroad, Reform at Home

    At the turn of the twentieth century, the United States faces a defining question: can a republic also be an empire? This episode traces how America’s long tradition of expansion moves overseas, from Manifest Destiny to warships, coaling stations, and new global markets. We explore the ideas that justified imperialism, the Spanish-American War, and the fierce debates over new territories like the Philippines. Then we pivot home to the Progressive Era, where reformers confront industrial capitalism, corruption, and inequality. Together, imperialism abroad and progressivism at home reveal a nation wrestling with power, reform, and its own contradictions.

    36 min
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Información

APUSH for All is a history podcast designed for students, history enthusiasts, and anyone eager to understand the past’s impact on today. Hosted by experienced APUSH teachers, each episode explores key historical moments, connects them to current events, and makes history engaging, accessible, and relevant. Whether you’re prepping for the AP exam or just love history, this podcast is for you!

Ficha técnica

  • Creado por
    Zach Garrison, Riley Keltner, and Mike Hill
  • Años en activo
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodios
    53
  • Clasificación
    Apto
  • Derechos de autor
    © Zach Garrison, Riley Keltner, and Mike Hill
  • Sitio web del podcast
    APUSH for All

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