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GENERAL INTEREST:

The Nature of Political Success: Discussion of how to define success both for individual politicians and family political dynasties. U.S. Presidents of the past 100 years are used as examples.

Part I: Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin Roosevelt (14 minutes, 25 seconds)

Part II: Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan (15 minutes, 10 seconds)

Part III: George H. Bush to George W. Bush (9 minutes, 40 seconds)

The Political Watershed of the Civil War: Discussion of the shift in the balance of economic and political power between the North and South that took place over the course of the first eight decades of the Republic's existence. Southern politicians felt they were "bred to lead" the nation, but the North's victory in the Civil War changed the reality.

Part I : George Washington to Abraham Lincoln; Issues to 1815 (10 minutes, 40 seconds)

Part II: Issues 1815-Civil War (10 minutes)

Part III : Andrew Johnson to Ulysses S. Grant (7 minutes, 35 seconds)

Part IV: Rutherford B. Hayes to William McKinley (13 minutes)

Economic Success Translated into Political Influence: Discussion of the manner in which wealth and/or success in business and other economic endeavors helped create and extend political family dynasties.

Part I: Colonial America to the Revolution (8 minutes, 20 second)

Part II: Early National Times to the Civil War (10 minutes)

Part III: (Coming Later in 2007)

Other Planned Titles:

Influence of Family Political Dynasties on U.S. History

The U.S. Economy Grows--With & Without Government Assistance

VIRGINIA COLLECTION PRESENTATIONS: Tentative Titles Planned:

Virginia Diaspora (Colonial Times to Antebellum)

Multiple Paths to Political Power (Colonial Times to Antebellum)

Building a New South After the Civil War