The History of the Twentieth Century

After securing international recognition of his claim to the Congo, King Leopold sets to work to extract as much wealth as he can from the Congo in the most brutal ways imaginable. He is eventually ex...

7 Helmi 201638min

King Leopold II of Belgium, having decided his ambitions are far greater than the "small nation of small people" he reigns over, sets out to swindle for himself a colony in Africa.

31 Tammi 201631min

As working class conditions seem to be getting worse instead of better, a new political movement emerges, advocating intervention on behalf of the poor, oppressed, and disenfranchised.

24 Tammi 201639min

Theodore Roosevelt becomes President and at once begins turning everything upside down. Scott Joplin writes an opera about it.

17 Tammi 201642min

Theodore Roosevelt becomes a war hero, and Vice President of the United States. An anarchist assassin takes the life of the President, William McKinley.

10 Tammi 201634min

Reinforcements from the Western nations turn the tide in the fight against the Boxers. But will they get to Beijing in time?

3 Tammi 201642min

A grassroots uprising against foreigners develops in China in 1900, a result of outrage over Chinese territorial concessions and foreign missionary activity.

20 Joulu 201541min

At the beginning of the 20th century, a fault line develops in Protestantism, especially in the USA, over the role of ancient Scriptures in a modern church.

13 Joulu 201535min