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A podcast about stories in history that shook up the United States.

  1. The Bonus Army

    OCT 9

    The Bonus Army

    In 1932 over 43,000 protestors marched on Washington DC, demanding better treatment and pay for veterans of World War I.  President Hoover and the US government responded with violence, tear gassing and shooting the veterans.

    7 min
  2. Baseball in the Japanese American Concentration Camps

    AUG 21

    Baseball in the Japanese American Concentration Camps

    When over 120,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisoned in concentration camps during WWII they brought the American sport of baseball with them. Sources America's Concentration Camps by Allan R. Bosworth Through a Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese American Baseball by Kerry Yo Nakagawa Kenichi Zenimura: Japanese American Baseball Pioneer by Bill Staples Jr

    9 min
  3. The Battle of Lake Erie

    JUL 24

    The Battle of Lake Erie

    In the War of 1812 the US Navy would engage the British Royal Navy in the cold waters of Lake Erie.  The battle would decide the future of the Great Lakes. Sources Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron by Ronald Utt The Lake Erie Campaign by Walter Rybka https://www.nps.gov/articles/brock-meets-tecumseh.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/surrender-of-detroit.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/a-mere-matter-of-marching.htm from the National Parks Service database https://detroithistorical.org/sites/default/files/lessonPlans/SurrenderDetroitFINAL.pdf  from the Detroit Historical Society

    12 min
  4. The Surrender of Detroit

    JUL 24

    The Surrender of Detroit

    In the War of 1812 the United States would attempt to invade the British Canadian colonies, using Fort Detroit as a base of operations.  What started as an invasion ended as a humiliating defeat when American General William Hull surrendered Detroit without a fight. Sources: Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron by Ronald Utt https://www.nps.gov/articles/brock-meets-tecumseh.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/surrender-of-detroit.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/a-mere-matter-of-marching.htm from the National Parks Service database https://detroithistorical.org/sites/default/files/lessonPlans/SurrenderDetroitFINAL.pdf  from the Detroit Historical Society

    18 min
  5. The Unstoppable Dan Gable

    MAR 6

    The Unstoppable Dan Gable

    Dan Gable endured a rough upbringing, personal tragedy and athletic defeat at the highest level.  But he never stopped, becoming the greatest American wrestler to ever compete. Sources A Wrestling Life by Dan Gable with Scott Schulte The Champion Dan Gable from The US Olympic Museum website Dan Gable Dominated as Wrestler and Coach by Douglass Looney, ESPN website The Losses of Dan Gable by Wright Thompson, ESPN website

    18 min
  6. The Rochester Mafia Bombings

    JAN 30

    The Rochester Mafia Bombings

    In 1970 the Rochester crime family boss Frank Valenti ordered a series of false flag bombings, hoping to draw the federal authorities’ attention away from his criminal organization and onto anti-war activists. Sources Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires by Selwyn Raab American Mafia: The History of its Rise to Power by Thomas Repetto The New York City Historical Society exhibit on the Italian-American Mafia

    9 min
  7. Poundmaker: Peacekeeping Warrior of the Cree

    11/28/2024

    Poundmaker: Peacekeeping Warrior of the Cree

    Poundmaker was a Chief of the Plains Cree, a peacekeeping warrior who fought and defeated the Canadian government at the Battle of Cut Horse Creek.  He shouldered the impossible task of preventing bloodshed, of calming the young warriors of the tribes and negotiating with an expansionist government that despised him.  His story is one of the great tragedies of Canadian history. Visit the website at https://www.shakingamerica.com/ Sources  Sweet Promises: A Reader on Indian/White Relations in Canada by J.R. Miller Footprints in the Dust by Douglas W. Light https://canadaehx.com/2020/07/04/chief-poundmaker/ PoundmakerCN.ca

    15 min
  8. How Honda and Toyota Won the Trade Wars

    08/15/2024

    How Honda and Toyota Won the Trade Wars

    Honda and Toyota survived trade wars, import quotas and xenophobia in the 1960s through the 1980s to become an economic juggernaut that reshaped the American auto industry.   Sources The Keiretsu Advantage by Jasper Boers from the Yale Economic History Journal The New, Improved Keiretsu by Katsuki Aoki and Thomas Taro Lennerfors Lessons from the US-Japan Trade War of the 1980s from NPR's All Things Considered The Import Quota that Rebuild the Auto Industry by Wells King and Dan Vaughn Jr

    14 min
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A podcast about stories in history that shook up the United States.

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  • Creator
    Zach Knight
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    55
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Shaking America
  • Show Website
    Shaking America