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Private Notes
American politics in the Gilded Age was rife with graft and corruption. The American people demanded something different. Could presidents Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, and Cleveland be the right men when America felt it was time for a change?
The Gilded Age saw a boom in immigration to the United States. The Statue of Liberty had lifter her lamp "beside the golden door" and the poor and weary of the world came to enjoy the blessings of freedom and the hope of a new beginning.
It was an age of discovery, an age of innovation, and invention. Great minds like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Nikola Tesla and the Wright brothers would change the world forever.
The American industrial renaissance makes the United States a world power. Powerful men like Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Morgan push America to the top - but were they captains of industry or robber barons?
The working class fights for a voice, newly freedmen of the South fight for equal rights, and the women fight for the right to vote.
With the words "Remember the Maine!" as its battle cry, the United States is set to explode onto the international stage. Is America ready to become a world power?
One of the most famous universities in the world is the University of Notre Dame. Join Stan as he explores the history of Notre Dame and finds how faith, fellowship, and football coexist in this special edition of American Ride.
He was one of the most powerful personalities to ever occupy the White House. Learn of the tragedies and triumphs that made Theodore Roosevelt the champion of American exceptionalism and one of our most celebrated presidents.
The world is going crazy, and in the gathering darkness that will result in World War I, Woodrow Wilson is elected President. Will he be able to keep us out of the war? Or will America have to fight to keep the world safe for democracy?
In Europe, war has been raging for years. Trench warfare has decimated generations of soldiers. And when America gets thrown into the mix, it is truly a world war. The Yanks are coming! And we won't be back 'til it's over over there.
American soldiers enter the fight, turn the tide, and eventually help win the bloody war. Heroes are made but too many young men die. And what about the future? Could Wilson's fourteen-point plan sow the seeds for a peaceful future?
After World War I, America enters a new era of prosperity and excess characterized by prohibition and gangsters, Broadway and baseball.
"Good times" come with a price, and the price for the Roaring '20s would be heavy. The crash of '29 would lead to the worst economic disaster in world history, and America would be dragged down the drain along with everybody else.
