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What is McCarthyism? And how did it happen? - Ellen Schrecker
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- 1 How do executive orders work? - Christina Greer
- 2 How does impeachment work? - Alex Gendler
- 3 How does money laundering work? - Delena D. Spann
- 4 What is McCarthyism? And how did it happen? - Ellen Schrecker
- 5 What happened to trial by jury? - Suja A. Thomas
- 6 How do US Supreme Court justices get appointed? - Peter Paccone
- 7 The history of the Cuban Missile Crisis - Matthew A. Jordan
- 8 How to turn protest into powerful change - Eric Liu
- 9 Why wasn’t the Bill of Rights originally in the US Constitution? - James Coll
- 10 Why is the US Constitution so hard to amend? - Peter Paccone
- 11 What did democracy really mean in Athens? - Melissa Schwartzberg
- 12 History vs. Richard Nixon - Alex Gendler
- 13 How to understand power - Eric Liu
- 14 What you might not know about the Declaration of Independence - Kenneth C. Davis
- 15 What gives a dollar bill its value? - Doug Levinson
- 16 History vs. Vladimir Lenin - Alex Gendler
- 17 How one piece of legislation divided a nation - Ben Labaree, Jr.
- 18 History vs. Andrew Jackson - James Fester
- 19 The fight for the right to vote in the United States - Nicki Beaman Griffin
- 20 Why do Americans and Canadians celebrate Labor Day? -Kenneth C. Davis
- 21 Equality, sports, and Title IX - Erin Buzuvis and Kristine Newhall
- 22 How is power divided in the United States government? - Belinda Stutzman
- 23 The story behind the Boston Tea Party - Ben Labaree
- 24 Inventing the American presidency - Kenneth C. Davis
- 25 The historical audacity of the Louisiana Purchase - Judy Walton
- 26 The oddities of the first American election - Kenneth C. Davis
- 27 Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained - Christina Greer
- 28 A 3-minute guide to the Bill of Rights - Belinda Stutzman
- 29 Gerrymandering: How drawing jagged lines can impact an election - Christina Greer
- 30 The Making of the American Constitution - Judy Walton
- 31 Why do Americans vote on Tuesdays?
- 32 What causes an economic recession? - Richard Coffin
- 33 Which voting system is the best? - Alex Gendler
- 34 Prohibition: Banning alcohol was a bad idea... - Rod Phillips
- 35 The rise of modern populism - Takis S. Pappas
- 36 The problem with the U.S. bail system - Camilo Ramirez
- 37 Who owns the "wilderness"? - Elyse Cox
- 38 What few people know about the program that "saved" America - Meg Jacobs
- 39 The dark history of the Chinese Exclusion Act - Robert Chang
- 40 Why can’t governments print an unlimited amount of money? - Jonathan Smith
