Name: 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America: Season 1, Episode 3 - Einstein's Letter
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2006-04-02

History
Apr 10, 2006
1 h

History
Apr 10, 2006
1 h

Summary 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America is comprised of ten films, each created by a different documentary filmmaker. The series spotlights ten historic events that changed the landscape of America.

Directed By: Barak Goodman, John Maggio

Written By: John Maggio

History
Apr 10, 2006
1 h

History
Apr 10, 2006
1 h

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America

S1 • Episode 3

Einstein's Letter

Air Date: Apr 10, 2006

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Episode 1 • Apr 9, 2006 • 1 h

Antietam

Episode 2 • Apr 9, 2006 • 1 h

Massacre at Mystic

Episode 3 • Apr 10, 2006 • 1 h

Einstein's Letter

A personal written appeal signed by Albert Einstein to the US President sets the stage for the development of nuclear weapons.

Episode 4 • Apr 10, 2006 • 1 h

Murder at the Fair: The Assassination of President McKinley

The assassination of President William McKinley enables the rise of reformer Theodore Roosevelt to the Presidency.

Episode 5 • Apr 11, 2006 • 1 h

When America Was Rocked

The appearance of Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show legitimizes rock and roll and youth culture which changes US culture.

Episode 6 • Apr 11, 2006 • 1 h

Gold Rush

Episode 7 • Apr 12, 2006 • 1 h

Scopes: The Battle Over America's Soul

The trial of a teacher charged with teaching evolution in a public school escalates the conflict of religious faith and freedom of thought in America

Episode 8 • Apr 12, 2006 • 1 h

The Homestead Strike

At the height of the Gilded Age, steel workers fight for their rights against the oppressive working conditions of Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel, resulting in the Homestead Strike of 1892.

Episode 9 • Apr 13, 2006 • 1 h

Freedom Summer

The murder of three civil rights activists in Mississippi galvanizes the Civil Rights Movement.

Episode 10 • Apr 13, 2006 • 1 h

Shays' Rebellion: America's First Civil War

An armed uprising shortly after the American Revolutionary War sparks the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America

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