The Presidents

Season 1, Episode 6

Episode Title: Wilson to FDR (1913-1945)

Air Date: 2005-02-22

Overview:

While America emerges as a super-power, Wilson promises to "make the world safe for democracy," Harding's administration is wracked by scandal, Coolidge ushers the nation to a dangerous economic precipice that leaves Hoover with the Great Depression--which finally ends as FDR leads the nation through WWII.