How The States Got Their Shapes
Episodes
- S1 E1 - A River Runs Through It
May 2, 201141minHow has water has literally shaped the States?Join Prime - S1 E2 - The Great Plains, Trains, & Automobiles
May 9, 201142minHow the States Got Their ShapesJoin Prime - S1 E3 - Force of NatureMay 16, 201142minHow have massive geological events helped create the American map? Long before the Founding Fathers drew the map, mother nature shaped some states.Join Prime
- S1 E4 - State of Rebellion
May 23, 201142minHow did the most rebellious states took shape?Join Prime - S1 E5 - Living On The EdgeJune 6, 201141minWhat secrets are hiding in our map? What's behind the "blank spots" like Area 51? What possessed the citizens of Key West to throw down their margaritas and secede from Florida?Join Prime
- S1 E6 - Use It or Lose ItJune 13, 201141minIf you thought our borders were set in stone, you'd be wrong.Join Prime
- S1 E7 - Church and StatesJune 20, 201141minEver since the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower, what we believe and how we believe has shaped the American map. Could Utah have been bigger than Texas?Join Prime
- S1 E8 - A Boom With a ViewJune 27, 201141minDid money make our map? Through boom and through bust, the sweet smell of profit has drawn and redrawn our states. How did Green Bay help carve our border with Canada?Join Prime
- S1 E9 - Culture Clash
July 4, 201141minWill rivalries within our states break them into pieces? Cultures compete against each other all over the map. In extreme cases, they can divide states in two.Join Prime - S1 E10 - Mouthing OffJuly 11, 201142minWhy do we have so many different words for the same things--like pop versus soda?Join Prime
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- English
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- English [CC]
- Directors
- David Konschnik
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- A+E Networks
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