The BEST episodes of American Experience season 2
Every episode of American Experience season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of American Experience season 2!
Presents an absorbing look at the personalities, events and resources that have had a profound impact on the shaping of America's past and present.
#1 - Mr. Sears' Catalogue
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/1989
The story behind the mail order tome that brought merchandise (or dreams of it) within reach of Americans far and wide.
#2 - Forever Baseball
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/1989
A nostalgic treatment of the national pastime and its meaning in history.
#3 - Forbidden City, USA
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/2/1990
The Americanization of Chinese people in the 1920s and 30s, including public roles that ran counter to their cultural history.
#4 - The Great War: 1918
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1989
America enters the fighting in what is now called World War I.
#5 - The Great Air Race of 1924
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1989
Early American aviators try to cross the planet with primitive planes of limited range and under harsh conditions.
#6 - Demon Rum
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1989
The story of how prohibition went from local preferences to national law, with specific reference to its application in Detroit, MI.
#7 - A Family Gathering
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1989
An examination of a the story of a Japanese family in America from their arrival in the US to the days of suspicion during World War II.
#8 - Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/1989
The work of a notable civil rights crusader in the late 19th and early 20th century.
#9 - Battle for Wilderness
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1990
A profile of an early environmental dispute over the construction of a dam in California after the earthquake of 1906.
#10 - Adam Clayton Powell
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/1989
Documentary on the life of civil rights advocate Powell, including his career as a Harlem minister and a US Congressman.
#11 - Ballad of a Mountain Man
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/1989
Story of a folklore historian who sought to preserve the traditional music of the Appalachians for posterity.
#12 - Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1990
A chronicle of the organized efforts to help slaves find freedom in the north.
#13 - Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/1989
The story of Yosemite told through the diary of one of the first white Americans to visit the California valley.
#14 - Journey to America
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/1989
Documentary on the great influx of immigrants between 1890 and the 1920s.
#15 - Orphans of the Storm
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/26/1989
A tale of British children sent to North America during the early World War II bombing of London.
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