This video brings viewers up to modern history (1975) after taking them through WWII, the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War. Although the timeline's format may seem straightforward, viewers will be engaged by the...

The speaker in this lecture takes the viewer on a journey through the world of modern finance, from the era of Rockefeller and Vanderbilt to the 2008 financial crisis. Exploring the presence of the American government in the economy,...

How did World War II affect the home front in the United States, particularly its economic development and in defining the idea of Americanism? This information-packed video details the expanding role of the federal government during the...

Did the New Deal end the Great Depression? Did it destroy American freedom or expand the definition of liberty? In addition to reviewing the traditional alphabet soup of government programs, this video will offer your learners the...

PBS' "American Experience" provides a detailed biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Content includes an overview as well as a focus on Roosevelt's early career, domestic and foreign politics, role as President, and legacy....

[Free Registration/Login Required] Alan Brinkley addresses the ways the New Deal development drew on experiences in other nations, particularly in the blurred areas between fascism, liberal democracy, and communism. [01:13:06]

In which John Green teaches you about the New Deal, which was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to pull the United States out of the Great Depression of the 1930's. John will teach you about some of the most effective and some of...

Each effective president who followed in FDR's footsteps used some of his strategies for strengthening presidential power, e.g., through good communication or personal charisma.

Resource provides FDR's fireside chat to the public about his proposed bill to reorganize the federal judiciary. Illustrations and audio are included.

This video gives a brief description of Eleanor Roosevelt's time as First Lady of the United States of America. [3:41]

From WGN Chicago on November 7, 1940, news reporter Fulton Lewis Jr. details the historic third-term election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president of the United States. This is the audio about the results of the election to FDR's third...