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America, Empire of Liberty Episodes

  1. A Hell of A War

    60/90 Segregation among the troops, the death of FDR and the atomic bomb.

  2. Floundering into War

    59/90 The attack on Pearl Harbor and the decision to go to war.

  3. A War for the Survival of Democracy

    58/90 The fight to keep America neutral and at peace while arming the allies.

  4. New Deal

    57/90 How Franklin D Roosevelt got America working again.

  5. From Boom to Bust

    56/90 The story of the Wall Street Crash, the Great Depression and the failure of Herbert Hoover

  6. The Jazz Age Hits Main Street

    55/90 How a surfeit of music, sex and freedom ushered in the Prohibition.

  7. 100 Percent American

    54/90 America wrestles with the impact that its diverse population will bring.

  8. The Lost Peace

    53/90 The battle to form a fair peace and create the League of Nations.

  9. A World Safe for Democracy

    52/90 America enters the war in Europe and accepts female suffrage at home.

  10. Too Proud to Fight

    51/90 Woodrow Wilson's fight to keep America out of the First World War.

  11. Fun and God

    50/90 The rise of the leisure, baseball and the power of religion.

  12. The Wild West

    49/90 How the West was finally settled and then turned into a myth by the American people.

  13. The Taste of Empire

    48/90 America's expansion into Cuba and the Philippines and the impact it had at home.

  14. Roosevelt and Reform

    47/90 How Theodore Roosevelt came to power and his battle to bring big business to heel.

  15. Politics and Progress

    46/90 How politics took hold of the cities, for good and for ill.

  16. Huddled Masses, Savage Hordes

    45/90 The impact of mass immigration on American politics and culture.

  17. The Farmers and Workers Revolt

    44/90 The rise of unionisation and strikes across America. Will socialism take off?

  18. The Cities - America's Pride and Shame

    43/90 The cities illustrate both sides of America: wealth side by side with slum poverty.

  19. Made in America

    42/90 Industrial growth and the arrival of the railways.

  20. Big Business

    41/90 The rise of business tycoons such as Andrew Carnegie, JD Rockefeller and JP Morgan.

  21. War and Memory

    40/90 How the Civil War became etched on the American consciousness for generations to come.

  22. New South, Old Ways

    39/90 The birth of segregation.

  23. Reunion but not Reconstruction

    38/90 Former slaves enjoy a brief period of political equality in the South.

  24. Dead States, New Birth

    37/90 The North attempts to force change upon the South.

  25. The Passing of the Dead

    36/90 The end of the Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

  26. The War Behind the Battle Lines

    35/90 The burning of Atlanta.

  27. A New Nation

    34/90 The Battle of Gettysburg.

  28. Forever Free

    33/90 Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves.

  29. The Killers Take Command

    32/90 The leading men on either side of the battle lines: Robert E Lee and Ulysses S Grant.

  30. The Ninety-Day War

    31/90 The start of the Civil War: a fight for Southern independence and the end of slavery.

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