This five-part series examines the political and cultural life of America during one of history’s most tumultuous decades.

This five-part series examines the political and cultural life of America during one of history's most tumultuous decades. Beginning with the stock market crash of 1929, the series looks at the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the construction of the Hoover Dam, the impact of the catastrophic drought that transformed the plains into the Dust Bowl and an unlikely hero that gave hope to downtrodden Americans: Seabiscuit.