October 25, 1993 • 52m
Just before the advent of the Great Depression, Henry Ford controlled the most important company in the most important industry in...Read more
October 25, 1993 • 54m
As the Great Depression progressed economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages were called...Read more
November 1, 1993 • 54m
In his first hundred days in office, President Roosevelt created many new federal agencies giving jobs and relief to people and tr...Read more
November 1, 1993 • 54m
By 1934 challenges to the New Deal came from both sides of the political spectrum. In California Socialist Upton Sinclair ran for ...Read more
November 8, 1993 • 54m
In the American democracy of the 1930s two visions of liberty collided as working men and women battled landowners and factory man...Read more
November 8, 1993 • 53m
Many Americans, struggling to survive the Great Depression, were determined to help build a better America through direct action i...Read more
November 15, 1993 • 54m
By 1939 Americans were still struggling to end the Great Depression. Their dreams of peace and prosperity were celebrated at World...Read more