Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era of the early 20th century, the Roaring Twenties, and the Great Depression. W ith the crash of the stock market on October 29, 1929, America s economic expansion and prosperity came to an abrupt end, and citizens faced extraordinary hardships that persisted throughout the era that President Hoover named the Depression. This program examines the many factors that led to the Depression, Hoover s attempts to counter the nation s economic woes, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt s New Deal programs. The video also discusses the election of 1932, which put Franklin Delano Roosevelt in office by a landslide, and examines the relief, recovery, and reform measures initiated during the New Deal.