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The American President

Summary We take a look at how the Presidents of the United States changed the nature of the country. View more details

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The American President

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Walter Cronkite Morley Safer Andrew Young Dale Bumpers

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Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Apr 8, 2000

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Summary We take a look at how the Presidents of the United States changed the nature of the country. View more details

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Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Apr 8, 2000

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

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Episode 1 • Dec 31, 1969
Family Ties
American political dynasties; John Quincy Adams; Benjamin Harrison; Franklin D. Roosevelt; John F. Kennedy.
Episode 2 • Dec 31, 1969
Happenstance
John Tyler; Millard Fillmore; Andrew Johnson; Chester Arthur; Harry Truman.
Episode 3 • Dec 31, 1969
An Independent Cast of Minds
The failures of four bipartisan presidents -- John Adams, Zachary Taylor, Rutherford B. Hayes and Jimmy Carter.
Episode 4 • Dec 31, 1969
The Professional Politician
The difference between being a successful politician and a successful president. Narrator: Hugh Sidey.
Episode 5 • Dec 31, 1969
The American Way
Limiting the federal government's power; Thomas Jefferson; Calvin Coolidge; Herbert Hoover; Ronald Reagan.
Episode 6 • Dec 31, 1969
The World Stage
Limiting the federal government's power; James Monroe; William McKinley; Woodrow Wilson; George Bush.
Episode 7 • Dec 31, 1969
The Heroic Posture
Military men who would later serve in the Oval Office, including George Washington, William Henry Harrison, Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight Eisenhower.
Episode 8 • Dec 31, 1969
Compromise Choices
The performances of presidents elected as the lesser of two evils, including Franklin Pierce, James Garfield, Warren G. Harding and Gerald Ford.
Episode 9 • Dec 31, 1969
Expanding Power
Presidents who expanded, and even exceeded, the powers of their office, including Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt and Richard Nixon.
Episode 10 • Dec 31, 1969
The Balance of Power
Examining the flexible system of checks and balances through presidencies of James Madison, James Polk, William Howard Taft and William Jefferson Clinton.
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