History with Mr. Frizz

About History with Mr. Frizz

Join me, an 8th grade American history teacher, on this podcast as I discuss what we are learning about from week to week, why it mattered then, and why it still matters today. Music: Vlad Gluschenko — Drop of Ocean License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en

Publisher

Mr. Frizzell

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Jan 2024

Latest episode

4 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Apr 2025

   22 - Dred Scott and Lincoln's Election

   In 1857, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling in Dred Scott v Sandford that essentially mandated that slavery be allowed everywhere in the United States. Abraham Lincoln rode the resulting backlash all the way to the White House.

2. 

   4 Apr 2025

   21 - Bleeding Kansas and Charles Sumner (Manifest Destiny Part 3)

   All of the westward expansion during Manifest Destiny finally tips the political scales irrevocably towards violence and aggression in two of the most gripping tales that lead to the American Civil War: The Pottawatomie Creek Massacre and the Caning of Charles Sumner. Listen in for a detailed coverage of these two events in our final episode on Manifest Destiny

3. 

   31 Mar 2025

   Gold Rush (Manifest Destiny Part 2)

   The California Gold Rush forced the nation to address the looming issue of slavery far sooner than it expected. For 30 years, the United States had maintained a tenuous balance of power between the free states and slave states. But the population boom in California would force the issue.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

26 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

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Quality

54

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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