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President Roosevelt created national park system, set restrictions on the use of natural resources and his approach was considered to be a very progressive domestic policy in its time. This discussion is part of a series of programs from the Miller Center on Theodore Roosevelt and the modern Presidency.

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College of William and Mary professor Andrew Fisher examines the first conservation effort in American history to protect forests from rampant logging and hydraulic mining.  During the Progressive Era from 1901 through 1909, President Theodore Roosevelt worked with Gifford Pinchot -- the first Chief of the United States Forest Service -- to set aside more than a hundred and fifty million acres of land to be under federal government control.  This land was designated for National Parks and responsible logging.

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Using works of art, mechanical inventions, and scientific discoveries, “The Great American Hall of Wonders” exhibit examines innovation in 19th Century America. American History TV attended a press preview and toured the Smithsonian American Art Museum show with guest curator Claire Perry.

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Public Citizen Founder Ralph Nader takes part in an event highlighting the "Greenest Presidents in U.S. History," according to a survey of environmentalists.

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Colorado State University (Fort Collins) History Professor Mark Fiege, and University of Wisconsin-Madison History Professor William Cronon specialize in teaching and writing about history as it is influenced by the environment.  In this American History TV interview, they discuss Fiege's book, "The Republic of Nature," and they explain and define the growing field of environmental history.  The interview was recorded at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians.

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In this program from our 1999 "American Presidents: Life Portraits" series we focused on James Garfield's life and career. Historians discussed Garfield's military service, his election as president and assassination shortly after his inauguration. Suzanne Miller, the site manager at Garfield's home in Mentor, Ohio, talked about several of the artifacts and documents that Garfield left behind. 

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C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles take American History TV on the road. Throughout the weekend of May 18-20 we feature the history of Columbia, South Carolina.

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Thousands of colonists rejected the War for American Independence and many fled to the British stronghold of New York City. San Jose State University History Professor Ruma Chopra discusses the situation in the city and the perspective of those who looked upon the British as natural allies in religion, language and blood and thought the violence of rebellion was unnecessary and unlawful.

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This is a look at President Eisenhower’s views and actions in the area of civil rights, including the desegregation of the armed forces, his appointments of pro-civil rights Supreme Court justices and the dispatching of the 101st Airborne division to assist in the integration of Little Rock High School in Arkansas.  This discussion was part of a conference titled, “Ike Reconsidered: Lessons from the Eisenhower Legacy for the 21st Century,” co-hosted by Hunter College, City University of New York, the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute & the Eisenhower Foundation.

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