Special Features
- Interview: Craig Mitchell
- Interview: Michael Nesbitt
- Interview: John Kenneth Galbraith
- Interview: Robert Sobel
- Primary Resources: Headlines
- Teacher's Resources: Teacher's Guide
The unbounded optimism of the Jazz Age and the shocking consequences when reality finally hit on October 29th, ultimately leading to the Great Depression.
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My American Experience
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Houdini
The world famous escape artist could escape from everything - except his own mortality.
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Coney Island
The internationally famous carnival of delights in New York was the birthplace of the hot dog and the roller coaster.
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Sister Aimee
The life story of Aimee Semple McPherson, religious evangelist instrumental in bringing conservative Protestantism into mainstream culture.
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Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
The bizarre saga of the Symbionese Liberation Army and Patty Hearst's kidnapping and conversion to her captors' cause.
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Buffalo Bill
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's legendary exploits helped create the myth of the American West that still endures today.
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The Pill
The story behind the development of the oral contraceptive that put women in control of birth control.
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The Great Famine
The American effort to relieve starvation in Soviet Russia in 1921 during the worst natural disaster in Europe in 500 years.
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Grand Central
A marvel of engineering, architecture, and vision, the story of the Beaux Arts structure on 42nd street that forever changed midtown Manhattan.
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