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. In the presidential election of 1920, war-weary Americans elected Warren G. Harding, who promised a return to  normalcy. His inauguration in 1921 ushered in an exciting era of prosperity, rapid industrialization, social experimentation, and artistic renaissance in the Roaring Twenties, also known as the Jazz Age. This program explores the enormous social and cultural changes of this era.