The British Navy's aggressive tactics against American vessels prompt President Thomas Jefferson to consider imposing an embargo, which could have devastating effects on his home state's economy, as Senator John Quincy Adams is tasked with weighing the pros and cons of this drastic meas...
Aired: Nov 8, 1964The next episode explores Oscar W. Underwood's courageous story, focusing on ...
Aired: Nov 15, 1964A Brooklyn school teacher navigates the challenges of World War I, torn betwe...
Aired: Nov 29, 1964Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri champions California's bid for stateho...
Aired: Dec 6, 1964Richard T. Ely, a University of Wisconsin professor, bravely defends his acad...
Aired: Dec 13, 1964The Texas secession crisis intensifies, with Governor Sam Houston facing a pr...
Aired: Dec 20, 1964The next episode delves into the heated debate surrounding the 1915 pardon of...
Aired: Dec 27, 1964John Adams faces a challenging assignment as he defends the British soldiers ...
Aired: Jan 3, 1965The Nuremberg trials bring Nazis to justice in 1946, but Senator Robert A. Ta...
Aired: Jan 10, 1965Anne Hutchinson, a midwife in 17th century Boston, faces trial for her unorth...
10. General Alexander William Doniphan
Aired: Jan 17, 1965Moral dilemmas unfold as General Alexander W. Doniphan is entrusted with wagi...
Aired: Jan 24, 1965Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld reexamines the Haymarket Riot defendants...
Aired: Jan 31, 1965Frederick Douglass, a former slave who fled to the North before the Civil War...
Aired: Feb 7, 1965A Massachusetts Senator faces a moral dilemma as he weighs his anti-slavery c...
Aired: Feb 14, 1965The next episode explores the historic nomination of Judge Louis D. Brandeis ...
Aired: Feb 21, 1965Prudence Crandall's girls' boarding school in Canterbury, Connecticut, faces ...
Aired: Feb 28, 1965Tennessee Senator Andrew Johnson's fate hangs in the balance as he battles to...
Aired: Mar 7, 1965Next episode of the series explores the tumultuous period of 1869, where Cuba...
Aired: Mar 14, 1965A dramatic crisis erupts in the New York Legislature in 1920 as lawmakers fac...
Aired: Mar 21, 1965A desperate struggle for power threatens to destroy the very fabric of the ki...
Aired: Mar 28, 1965The 65th Congress comes to a close as the US House of Representatives passes ...
Aired: Apr 4, 1965President Grover Cleveland faces a tough decision in 1887, weighing the merit...
Aired: Apr 11, 1965The British Navy's aggressive tactics against American vessels prompt Preside...
Aired: Apr 18, 1965Aaron Burr's fate hangs in the balance as he faces a treason trial in 1807, w...
24. Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey
Aired: Apr 25, 1965Judge Ben B. Lindsey created a revolutionary juvenile justice system in early...
Aired: May 2, 1965The next episode delves into George Mason's crucial role in shaping the US Co...
Aired: May 9, 1965Thomas Corwin, a prominent Whig politician, stood out in the 1840s by opposin...
