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I. Columbus
Left: In the Name of Greed
Right: In the Name of God
II: Native Americans
Left: "The Heathen Shall I Give You for Inheritance."
Right: Appeasement, and Liberty through Land
III: Colonial Slavery
Left: The Ravages of Slavery
Right: The "Stoic and Heroic" Slave
IV: Inequality
Left: Commoners of Mean and Vile and Crass Condition
Right: The Voice of the Lowest Class is Heard
V: Revolution
Left: The "Motley Rabble" Fight for the Aristocrats
Right: Patriotism and Higher Laws
VI: The Constitution
Left: Carefully Crafted, for Commoners Can't Be Trusted
Right: Libertarian and Egalitarian
VII: Religion
Left: A Theistic Rule of Law
Right: A Spirit of Religion in America
VIII: Women
Left: Women Begin to Assert Themselves
Right: Women Become Activists
IX: The Jackson Years
Left: Trail of Tears
Right: America Begins to Feel Its Global Might
X: 1840s Expansion
Left: Monroe Doctrine: Our Superior Race
Right: Manifest Destiny -- Spreading Our Faith West
XI: Industrial Revolution
Left: The Plight of Workers
Right: A Renaissance of Industry and the Arts
XII: Slavery and the Civil War
Left: Blacks Have Dignity
Right: Liberty for Blacks and Business
XIII: Reconstruction
Left: Black Freedom, then Black Codes
Right: Big Government Foils Black Progress
XIV: Labor and Reform
Left: Robber Barons Prosper, Workers Suffer
Right: Labor Shares in Our Prosperity
XV: Expansion
Left: A "Splendid Little War"
Right: Uplift, Civilize, and Christianize
XVI: Socialism, Progressivism
Left: Social Justice
Right: The Ills of Socialism
XVII: World War I
Left: Disagreeing in the Land of Liberty
Right: "Keeping us out of war" too long
XVIII: Crash and Depression
Left: FDR's Humanity
Right: Failures of Big Government
XIX: World War II
Left: Liberty for All Except Minorities
Right: Victory for People and Free Enterprise
XX: Communism and the Cold War
Left: Paranoia and Imperialism
Right: The Communist Threat to 50s Prosperity
XXI: Civil Rights and Protest
Left: The Power of Protest
Right: The Free Market Upstaged by Government
XXII: Vietnam, Radicals
Left: A Ton of Bombs for Every Person in the Land
Right: Bigger Guns Were Needed
XXIII: The 1970s
Left: Last Gasp of Equality
Right: Dominoes Fall, Our Government Flounders
XXIV: The Eighties
Left: Boost the Rich, Bash the Environment
Right: Big Fist, Pro-Business, Inspiring Confidence
XXV: Stirrings in the Middle East
Left: Shock and Awe, as Children Die
Right: Never Doubt the "Western Way of War"
XXVI: The Nineties
Left: Failing the Average American
Right: Weakness Overcome by a Strong Economy
XXVII: Turmoil in the Middle East
Left: An Excuse to Drop Bombs
Right: Mission Accomplished, with Aplomb
XXVIII: A Black Man is President
Left: Social Justice? No, Business and Military
Right: On the Brink of Socialism
XXIX: Donald Trump
Left: Anti-Science, Anti-Immigration, Pro-Autocracy
Right: He Tried to Make Us Great
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