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    Stories of the Progressive Era Through the Great Depression

      Click on a video title below to explore stories of American history from the early 1900s through the Great Depression of the 1930s.

      Clash of Titans | Teddy Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Fight for Workers’ Rights

      The 1904 World’s Fair Was Unlike Anything America Had Seen

      From Tragedy to Joy | The Amazing Story of “The Joy of Cooking”

      The History Behind the Movie | The Boys in the Boat

      Lindbergh Flies Into History | Time Trip to May 20, 1927

      The Original Rocket(te)s

      Why America Rejected this Deadly Sport | Board Track Racing

      Crash Course | St. Louis Junta | The Mexican Revolution of 1910

      Olympic History | Stories of America’s First Olympics–1904 in St. Louis

      Riot at Women’s Suffrage March | Time Trip to March 3, 1917

      Changing the Face of Travel | The Historic Legacy of the Green Book

      A President, A Pass, and the Preservation of American Football

      City of Shoes | St Louis’s Sole Legacy

      The Last Day of World War I | 2 Minute Time Trip to November 11, 1918

      The Weird and Wonderful of the 1904 World’s Fair

      The History Behind the Movie | Killers of the Flower Moon

      War Beneath the Waves | Erik Larson on the Sinking of the Lusitania

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