How The States Got Their Shapes
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How The States Got Their Shapes

In How The States Got Their Shapes, Brian Unger hits the road to uncover the history hidden in our map. From the crooked borders in the east to the organized boxes in the west, the shapes of the states are more than simple geography.
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Episodi

  1. S1 E1 - A River Runs Through It

    2 maggio 2011
    41min
    TV-14
    How has water has literally shaped the States?
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  2. S1 E2 - The Great Plains, Trains, & Automobiles

    9 maggio 2011
    43min
    TV-14
    How the States Got Their Shapes
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  3. S1 E3 - Force of Nature

    16 maggio 2011
    42min
    TV-14
    How have massive geological events helped create the American map? Long before the Founding Fathers drew the map, mother nature shaped some states.
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  4. S1 E4 - State of Rebellion

    23 maggio 2011
    42min
    TV-14
    How did the most rebellious states took shape?
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  5. S1 E5 - Living On The Edge

    6 giugno 2011
    42min
    TV-14
    What 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?
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  6. S1 E6 - Use It or Lose It

    13 giugno 2011
    41min
    TV-PG
    If you thought our borders were set in stone, you'd be wrong. 
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  7. S1 E7 - Church and States

    20 giugno 2011
    41min
    TV-14
    Ever 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?
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  8. S1 E8 - A Boom With a View

    27 giugno 2011
    41min
    TV-14
    Did 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?
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  9. S1 E9 - Culture Clash

    4 luglio 2011
    41min
    TV-14
    Will 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.
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  10. S1 E10 - Mouthing Off

    11 luglio 2011
    42min
    TV-14
    Why do we have so many different words for the same things--like pop versus soda?
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