America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Trust-Busting in the Progressive Era (1x17)

Uitzenddatum: Mei 01, 2015

Witness how the Progressive movement took shape in the late 19th century, fueled by alarm over the unbridled power of large corporations. Grasp the era's new definition of American economic freedom, and examine actions taken under presidents Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson to dismantle railroad, meatpacking, and oil trusts, and to reform banking and taxation.