Timezone: ET•CT America in Perspective: U.S. History Since 1877 Focuses on the development of the United States since 1877, chronologically analyzing the people, events, and forces that made American what it is today. All Past Episodes Keeping the American Dream Alive 28:40 | #126 | TV-G Historical analysis and visual images of the major political, economic, social, and diplomatic developments of the 1991-2001 period, including the tragic events of September 11, 2001. (Final program in series) The Cold War Ends 29:06 | #125 | TV-G Examines American foreign policy since 1976, analyzing the reasons for the end of the Cold War and what it means for the United States. An Era of Excess 28:00 | #124 | TV-G Analyzes the economic and social trends of the 1980s and the costs and benefits of those trends, including the political legacy of that era. The Conservative Resurgence 28:30 | #123 | TV-G Examines the reasons for the growing conservative trend in American politics during the late 1970s and 1980s and assesses the initial results of that trend. The Limits of Politics 29:06 | #122 | TV-G Describes the rise and fall of the "imperial presidency" and analyzes the significance of the Watergate scandal. The Limits of Power 29:06 | #121 | TV-G Examines the reasons why the United States engaged in, and eventually withdrew from, the Vietnam War and analyzes the effects of that conflict on the American people and policymakers. Expanding the American Dream 28:36 | #120 | TV-G Analyzes the splintering of the African-American civil rights movement, the efforts of other minority groups to assert their rights, and the status of the whole civil rights movement as of the mid-1970s. Toward the American Dream 29:06 | #119 | TV-G Examines the civil rights movement of the early 1960s and analyzes the success of the movement as of 1965. An Age of Conformity 28:36 | #118 | TV-G The late 1940s and 1950s were a period of general economic, political, and social/cultural conformity, especially on the domestic front. But minority groups soon began to challenge the status quo. The Cold War Begins 29:06 | #117 | TV-G Explains the efforts of the United States to contain the expansion of communism in the 1950s and analyzes the consequences of those actions, both internationally and domestically. The Good War 29:06 | #116 | TV-G Discusses the military and diplomatic aspects of World War II and analyzes the short- and long-term effects of the war on the American people and the place of the United States in the world. The Road to War 29:06 | #115 | TV-G Examines American foreign policy leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the reaction to that attack, and the effects of wartime mobilization on America's people and leaders. The New Deal 29:06 | #114 | TV-G Discusses how President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his administration responded to the crisis of the Great Depression and assesses the short-term and long-term consequences of those responses. Hard Times 29:07 | #113 | TV-G Analyzes the causes of the Great Depression and examines how people coped with the hardships of the era. Transitions and Tensions: The 1920s 29:07 | #112 | TV-G Describes and analyzes the economic, social, cultural, and political transitions and tensions of the 1920s—the "Jazz Age" of flappers and Prohibition. The Great War 29:07 | #111 | TV-G Examines American foreign policy at the time World War I broke out in Europe, why the United States entered the war, and the effects of the war on the American people and nation. The Big Stick 29:06 | #110 | TV-G Analyzes the activist foreign policy of the United States during the early part of the 20th century, particularly in reference to Latin America. The Progressive Presidents 28:36 | #109 | TV-G Discusses national progressive reform, particularly during the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, and analyzes the significance and limits of progressivism. The Progressive Impulse 29:06 | #108 | TV-G Examines the motives of the progressive reformers at the turn of the 20th century and assesses the successes and limitations of the progressive movement at the municipal and state levels. War and Empire 28:36 | #107 | TV-G Analyzes the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War and the costs and benefits of establishing an overseas empire. The Populist Challenge 29:06 | #106 | TV-G Examines how political leaders, political parties, and the political system in general responded to industrialization and assesses the effects of the populist challenge to the established political order. The American Dream Deferred 29:06 | #105 | TV-G Describes how and why American minority groups, particularly African Americans, were denied equality and examines how they responded to their plight. The Huddled Masses 29:07 | #104 | TV-G Discusses the causes and consequences of the rapid urbanization of the United States in the late 19th century and examines how the urban masses, including immigrants, coped with conditions in the crowded cities. Labor's Struggle 28:37 | #103 | TV-G Describes the harsh realities of working conditions and analyzes the reactions of the working class in late 19th-century America. The Rise of Big Business 29:06 | #102 | TV-G Examines the reasons for the rapid industrialization of the nation in the late 19th century and assesses the initial costs and benefits of that process. The Closing of the Frontier 29:07 | #101 | TV-G Describes the reasons for and the reality of the settlement of the last agricultural frontier and analyzes the cultural conflict between the settlers and the Native Americans. Show the current schedule for America in Perspective: U.S. History Since 1877.