This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the two groups which African Americans were divided into at the beginning of the 20th century: those willing to work within the system for advancement and those willing to fight the system for better treatment.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the women's suffragist movement's evolution from idealistic to pragmatic.

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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 farmers, miners, and other working-class members banded together to push silver as the new currency of the United States.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the Farmers' Alliance, which formed a base of the early Populist Party.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, a reaction against the spoils system, which rewarded political support with jobs.

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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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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how backlash against Chinese Workers in the 1850s led to the Chinese Exclusion Act, perhaps the harshest anti-immigration legislation in American history.

History Professor Edward O'Donnell explains how former Confederates "redeemed," or restored a majority white rule throughout the South after Reconstruction by suppressing blacks' newly won right to vote.

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