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Understanding The Federalist Papers starts with understanding who wrote them and why they were written. In this opening episode, go back to 1787 to meet Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to find out what challenges they faced in communicating the need for the new US Constitution.
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Understanding The Federalist Papers starts with understanding who wrote them and why they were written. In this opening episode, go back to 1787 to meet Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to find out what challenges they faced in communicating the need for the new US Constitution.
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Learn the history behind America's progression from being ruled by the English monarchy to becoming a democracy. Explore the government of colonial America, George Washington, and the American Revolution, and learn why the Founding Fathers thought it important to divide and share powers as they established the American government.
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Explains the branches of the United States government, their powers, and how they've evolved over the years. Features interactive testing, instant accessibility to key content areas, helpful resources such as important dates, major Supreme Court cases, and the Articles of the Constitution.
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Explores the three levels of American government: local, state, and federal. Discover how they are alike and how they are different and where they must work together. Take a peek at the leaders of each level: the mayor, the governor, and the President. Learn about some of the services of government like roads, hiking trails, public health and military defense.
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Get clear-cut examples of how the American government makes, applies and enforces rules and laws. From the people who make our government run to comparisons with other forms of government from around the world, kids will get a better appreciation of the importance of the institution, and see the significance of a government that gets its power from the people.
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The presidency is the most important position in the American government. Who the presidents were and what they did says a lot about the American government as a whole. Explore the presidency and learn where the President lives and what the job entails. Discover what it takes to become President.
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Explores the in and outs of what it means to be an American citizen. Discover what it is to be a good citizen and discover the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Learn how to become involved as citizens especially through the right to vote. The history of suffrage is explored.
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See what measures the American government took during the Cold War to prevent our devolution into a Stasi-like state. While the CIA and the FBI had several unauthorized surveillance programs in the 1950s and 1960s, Congress and the Supreme Court stepped in to oversee the intelligence world with several powerful measures in the 1970s.
19) Hotel Terminus
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A brilliant and epic Academy Award-winning examination of the Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, the infamous "Butcher of Lyon", HOTEL TERMINUS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KLAUS BARBIE weaves together forty years of footage and interviews culled from over 120 hours of discussion with former Nazis, American intelligence officers, South American government officials, victims of Nazi atrocities and witnesses.
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