United States history : origins to 2000

Examines significant events in the history of the U.S., focusing on the Great Depression and the New Deal, with discussion of the causes of the stock market crash, President Franklin Roosevelt's response to the crisis, and the Social Security Act.

Reenactments, readings, interviews, film footage, and photographs explore major events involving World War I including the War Industries Board and Wilson's Fourteen Points.

Reenactments, readings, and interviews explore post-Civil War events from 1865 to 1917 including the Spanish-American War, Panama Canal, and expansionism.

Uses reenactments, dramatic readings, and interviews with historians to examine significant events in the history of the U.S. during the Civil War, discussing major battles, technological innovations and military strategy, draft riots and Northern dissension, Native American affairs, the Emancipation Proclamation, and other topics.

Reenactments, dramatic readings, and interviews with historians examine significant events during the Age of Expanision including the Westward movement, Industrial Revolution, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark expedition, and the War of 1812.

Uses reenactments, dramatic readings, and interviews with historians to examine significant events in the history of the U.S., focusing on the years between 1776 and 1815, discussing the Continental Congress, the Articles of Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance, the Constitutional Convention, the Bill of Rights, and the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Examines the social and political impact of industrialization during the late nineteenth century, describing strikes, child labor laws, the Populist Party, immigrant factory workers, and economic growth.

Explores significant events of the American Revolution including colonial resistance against British rule and the unification of the colonies.

Explores the environmental issues created by the advent of the railroad and steam engine, the development of large corporations, and the growth of cities between 1870 and 1910.

Reenactments, readings, and interviews explore major events of the 1920s including the automobile culture, the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz Age, and prohibition.