This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the early-20th-century setbacks in civil rights, as racial segregation was common on rail cars, in schools, and in the workplace.

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Professor Christopher Capozzola of MIT discusses the productive first years of Woodrow Wilson's presidency, when Congress was able to pass a series of reform measures whose effects are still felt today.

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Populism and Progressivism developed in the early 20th century. Professor Steven Hahn of the University of Pennsylvania compares the two political movements.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, in the 1880s, black farmers suffered the most in the economic downturn and organized themselves into the Colored Farmers' Alliance.

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Corporate power is often depicted in the image of a monster in late 19th-century cartoons. Josh Brown of the American Social History Project explains one cartoon about Standard Oil.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the term, "carpetbagger," used frequently after the Civil War but often misunderstood.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, as a young nation, the U.S. desperately needed a national system of trade and transportation. But the "American System," proposed by Speaker of the House Henry Clay, became a source of heated debate in the Senate.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary covers the period between 1812 and 1850, which marked the transition from an economy based on local farms and communities to a market economy, largely like what exists today.

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In this iCue Mini-Documentary describes George Washington's decision to make Alexander Hamilton the Secretary of the Treasury.

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