Thursday, August 21st TV listings for Story (WPXT4) Portland, ME
The Presidents 1825-1849
America's leadership changes hands from the Founding Fathers to a new breed of "Founding Sons;" the period is marked by the bitterest election in U.S. history, the first succession crisis and the first impeachment resolution against a president.
The Presidents 1849-1865
Volatile issues of states' rights and slavery erupt into civil war; this period is marked by the rough-hewn style of Zachary Taylor, the near-treasonous activities of the James Buchanan administration and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
The Presidents A. Johnson to Arthur
The nation faces the difficult task of rebuilding a union after four years of civil war and a presidential assassination.
The Presidents 1885-1913
The Gilded Age features a new breed of men who occupy the White House.
The Presidents 1913-1945
A challenging period of U.S. history is marked by financial depression and two world wars.
The Presidents 1945-1977
An era of seeming bliss turns into a period of total political disenfranchisement.
The Presidents Carter to Bush (1977-2005)
An era marked by a new world order is defined by the fall of the Berlin Wall and is shattered by the specter of global terrorism.
The Presidents 1789-1825
The fledgling nation's revolutionary Founding Fathers become its first administrators, from George Washington, who defined the presidency, to James Monroe, who was the last of the Revolutionary War heroes.