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Ranging from Franklin Roosevelt's role in expanding the role of the federal government during the New Deal to George H.W. Bush's role in the final days of the Cold War; from the full-contact leadership style of Lyndon Johnson to the grand thematic leadership of Ronald Reagan, American Experience's award-winning presidential biographies explore not just big personalities, but big ideas.
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Watch seven presidential biographies online. Each program is divided into chapters, and comes with captions that can be turned on and off.
TRUMAN (4-1/2 hours) - Watch now
JIMMY CARTER (3 hours) - Watch now
REAGAN (4-1/2 hours) - Watch now
GEORGE H.W. BUSH (3-1/2 hours) - Watch now
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From May 2008 until Inauguration Day 2009, download six Presidents programs free of charge for use in your classroom. The downloadable programs include: FDR, Truman, LBJ, Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Reagan.
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TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
Learn about issues connected to the 1912 election, including progressivism, conservation, and carrying a "big stick."
Woodrow Wilson
Visit the turn of the 20th century and explore women's suffrage, World War I, the 1912 presidential election, and the experience of African Americans during the Wilson administration.
FDR
Research New Deal programs, read Franklin Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor speech, and explore oral histories.
Truman
Investigate containment, the atomic bomb decision, women in the workforce, and early civil rights legislation.
Ike
Discuss the military-industrial complex, popular images of life in the Fifties, and more.
The Kennedys
Trace the rise of an Irish American family through the twentieth century. Explore the relationship between religion and politics, money in the political process, celebrity in America, and public service.
LBJ
Learn about Congressional leadership, Vietnam policy, and programs of the Great Society.
Nixon
Investigate Watergate, other presidential scandals, and Nixon's policies towards China.
Jimmy Carter
Explore the political rise of the South, presidential campaigns and elections, energy policy, inflation and unemployment, peace and war in the Middle East, the Iranian hostage crisis, and the role of ex-presidents.
Ronald Reagan
Is government the solution to our problems, or is government itself the problem? Examine the philosophy of a popular but contradictory leader.
George H.W. Bush
Look at the nature of modern political campaigns, American involvement in the Persian Gulf, international diplomacy, leadership and popular opinion, and more.
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Access American Experience Web sites with teaching resources for 19th century U.S. history, too!
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
Travel back to the Lincolns' time and explore women's rights, slavery and abolition, antebellum politics, the growth of the industrial economy, and the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
Explore topics including frontier life, westward expansion, treatment of Native Americans, the Mexican American War, the Civil War, military strategy, slavery, abolition, race relations, Reconstruction, black suffrage, the growth of the industrial economy, impeachment, regional political differences, the business world's influence in politics, fair elections, and personal memoirs.
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