This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the change in women's roles following World War II, as the same women who were once encouraged to work in factories to support the war effort were urged to stay home and care for their families.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary presents the textile industry in Lowell, MA, as representative of the transition of American girls from the farms to the factories.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, in the late 19th century, the construction of giant retail stores and the creation of mail-order catalogs brought about a new era of mass consumption in the United States.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the African-American push for workplace equality as the economy changed after World War II. Their efforts in the post-war years would spark the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Professor Esther Katz of New York University says that the New Deal presented new opportunities for women to organize grassroots movements, but their achievements did not last long beyond the New Deal.

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As America's factories grew in the late 19th century, so did the demands for unions as workers struggled with long hours, low wages, and dangerous working conditions.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how temporary workers from Mexico filled huge labor shortages created by World War II and became part of the continuing debate about immigration.

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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 looks at the different goals of the Colored Farmers' Alliance and the white Farmers' Alliance.

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