Over new years in 9100 people visited this building to visit the original emancipates san proclamation some stood in line and hours to read the words declaring slaves and states of the rebellion shall be then it henceforth and forever free to see Abraham Lincolns signature. Although it did not end slavery in america is a fundamentally changed the character of the war. Overnight a war to preserve the union became liberation and nearly 4 million slaves it was a symbol of hope. Hope of freedom was realized in the 13th amendment of the constitution that abolished slavery in the u. S. Jurisdiction. These landmark documents they are filled the documents that tell the story of the emancipation of the individual level. From a black soldier to the life that shows the difficulties are great yet i look forward to a brighter day. When she as president lincoln issue was free sadly the answer was no the tissue lived on a border state unaffected by the decree. The military pension files provide a win
Graphic edition in 2014. Host amity shlaes, who is the forgotten man . Guest president roosevelt spoke of the forgotten man as the man at the bottom of the pyramid so that would be the homeless man. But they were aware of another forgotten man in school and that was the man who pays for the government projects. The third party. There is even algebra about the other forgotten man saying a wants to help x but b wants to help x, too, but the problem is when they coherce c into it. It is the taxpayer. That is the question also today. Host in your book, the forgotten man a new history of the Great Depression, you write the big question about the american depression is not whether war with germany and japan ended it. It is why it lasted from 19291940 from hoover to roosevelt Government Intervention helped to make the depression great. Guest thank you for quotes that introduction. This is a book i wrote about the 1930s because we all learned something about it in school and that was the new d
Weekends television schedule, visit us online at booktv. Org. Up next, author and columnist amity shlaes, the chair of the Calvin Coolidge foundation, talks about the Great Depression, taxes and president ial legacies. The former wall street Journal Editorial Board member is the author of five nonfiction books including the New York Times bestseller, the forgotten man, which was released as a graphic edition in 2014. Host amity shlaes, whos the forgotten man . Be. Guest the forgotten man, who was he . President roosevelt spoke to have forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid, so that would be the homeless man. But in the era that president roosevelt spoke about this inoto the 1930s, they were aware of be another forgotten man. Many americans then had learned about this other forgotten man in school, and that forgotten man was the man who pays for th government project, the third party. Theres even a littlal yes pa be about the forgotten man, that other forgotten man. Ve they
Pushing those up at a level they could not afford. National Recovery Association . Guest the governments deal that would stimulate the economy was given this giant plan to make the industrial sector booming again. Roosevelt signed it early on it in 33. When you look at law it is a bunch of political impulses expressed on a piece of paper, instatued and then enforced. So the impulses were economy of scale is good. Big is always better because at that time we because at that time we are all hostage to fashion. The economy of scale bigger is better was hot. Bigger is always better and you want to question that i am not sure if it is necessary. Another premise was Consumer Choice is bad. If the consumer pics he slows down the assembly line. Because if uuniform and uuniform is faster and better. You told that to the starbucks shareholder because it is a product premised on choice. We can take that extra 18 seconds to pick exactly what kind of milk to have in our law take. They believe choic
We really see him connecting, in the 1960s to the emancipation proclamation in the civil war to the declaration of independence and the founding of the country. Plus, miles obrien ventures deep inside a canadian nickel mine, home to a premier particlephysics lab where theyre trying to solve a key mystery of the universe, what is dark matter . Its rather annoying but it is so important and yet we know next to nothing about it. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill diplomats labored today to salvage plans for getting the Syrian Government and rebel forces together, to talk instead of fight. Opponents of the assad