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A Vital Progressivism
Professor Martin offers a fresh perspective on Progressivism, arguing that its spirit can be best seen in the daily struggles of ordinary people. In a discussion with Professors Scharff and Miller, the struggles of Native Americans, Asian Americans, and African Americans are placed in the context of the traditional white Progressive movement.
Program 19: a Vital Progressivism (Transcript) (Broadband Video on Demand) 

The Twenties
The Roaring Twenties take to the road in Henry Ford’s landscape-altering invention - the Model T. Ford’s moving assembly line, th e emergence of a consumer culture, and the culmination of forces let loose by these entities in Los Angeles are all explored by Professor Miller.
Program 20: The Twenties (Transcript) (Broadband Video on Demand) 

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Chapter 9: Discontent and Reform Outline of American History

Agrarian Distress and the Rise of Populism

The Struggles of Labor

The Reform Impulse

Roosevelt's Reforms

Taft and Wilson

A Nation of Nations

Chapter 10: War, Prosperity and Depression Outline of American History

War and Neutral Rights

United States Enters World War I

The League of Nations

Postwar Unrest

The Booming 1920s

Tensions Over Immigration

Clash of Cultures

The Great Depression

Basic Reading in U.S. Democracy
PART VII: Freedom of Expression

43. Abrams v. United States (1919)

Basic Reading in U.S. Democracy
PART VIII: Facing the World

51. Woodrow Wilson, Fourteen Points Speech (1918)

Lectures

Sparknotes The Interwar Years (1919-1938)

Lecture 11: The Dawn of Liberalism: Progressivism (Schultz)

Lecture 12: The Policeman of the World (Schultz)
Lecture 13: Roosevelt, Wilson, and the Morality of Power (Schultz)

Lecture 14: Women, Feminism and Sex in Progressive America (Schultz)

Lecture 15: The Politics of Prosperity: The 1920's (Schultz)
Lecture 16: The Politics of Frustration: The 1920's (Schultz)
Lecture 17: The Politics of Prohibition: The 1920's (Schultz)

Click on 1920s The Movie Audience and Hollywood (Rutledge)

1920's-1929 Mayer

The United States after World War I (Rankin)

Roaring Twenties (Rankin)

Quiz

The American People - Brief Edition (Nash)
or Sixth Edition (Nash)
Chapter 21: The Progressives Confront Industrial Capitalism

The American People - Brief Edition (Nash)
or Sixth Edition (Nash)
Chapter 22: The Great War

The American People - Brief Edition (Nash)
or Sixth Edition (Nash)
Chapter 23: Affluence and Anxiety

Library

Bibliography from Biography of America

Resources

For the Following go to The History Channel and enter the keywords in the Search box.

Modern Marvels: The Statue of Liberty

Theodore Roosevelt: Roughrider to Rushmore

November Warriors Part Two: Trial by Fire from Lincoln to Woodrow Wilson

A look at American History by examining the life and times of each President Start here and click on Presidential Biographies.

Warren Gamaliel Harding

Calvin Coolidge

Herbert Clark Hoover

The following provide a brief biography and many links:

Warren Gamaliel Harding, 1921-1923 (POTUS)

Calvin Coolidge., 1923-1929 (POTUS)

Herbert Clark Hoover, 1929-1933 (POTUS)

There are extensive links for each program in the Biography of Americaseries. Click on the Homepage then click on the program, and then on Webography.

From American Memory by the Library of Congress. Follow the links.
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929

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