The Roosevelt Era

The River Families

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the beauty of the Hudson River attracted New York's wealthiest families. They settled the banks of the river and lived an aristocratic lifestyle.

 

The Progressive Era

The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States of America that spanned the 1890s to the 1920s.

 

World War I

The First World War was a global conflict that lasted from 1914-1918. A war waged with modern ingenuity, the slaughter, carnage, and destruction was unprecedented.

 

Polio

Polio was the most notorious disease in America during the early 20th century. Most often associated with children, it affected teens and adults as well.

 

'Jim Crow' America

Segregation and disenfranchisement laws known as "Jim Crow" represented a formal, codified system of racial apartheid that dominated the American South in the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries.

 

The Red Scare & McCarthyism

The Red Scare had its origins in the hyper-nationalism of World War I and the Russian Revolution. At the war's end, American authorities saw the threat of communist revolution in the actions of organized labor.

 

The Great Depression

The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting nearly a decade. It began with the stock market crash of 1929 and was made worse by the 1930s Dust Bowl.

 

World War II

World War II was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries forming two opposing military alliances—the Allies and the Axis.

 

The Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies following World War II.