"Distrust by a large number of Americans of other large numbers of Americans goes back to the origins of our republic. We had a great crisis that came to a head in 1798 to 1800," said Mr. Taylor, referring to the infamous History As It Happens: Election of 1800
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"It's not just here but throughout our country, there’s a lot of anger. There are a lot of people who feel the country is changing in ways they have no control over, and it makes them very, very angry. And they often invest their vision of what America is or should be with a notion of history. So when they come to a place like here, they come prepared to be upset," said Mr. Taylor, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation chair at the University of Virginia.
History As It Happens: Monticello and the 'history wars'
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