America the Story of Us
2010
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- 1. A River Runs Through It May 3, 2011
- A mistake by the Founding Fathers affects the Georgia-Tennessee border; Maine's abundance of water.
- 2. The Great Plains, Trains and Automobiles May 10, 2011
- Why Chicago could have been in Wisconsin; why are states out West so big and boxy; Forgottonia.
- 3. Force of Nature May 17, 2011
- How an asteroid created the border for three states; how glaciers altered the map.
How the States Got Their Shapes: With Brian Unger, H.W. Brands, Mark Stein, Seth Stein. Host Brian Unger travels the United States explaining the weird shapes on the map.
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- 2011-05-03
- Documentary, Adventure, History
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IMDbPro. All topics. Episode list. How the States Got Their Shapes. Top-rated. Tue, Jul 12, 2011. S1.E10. Mouthing Off. We all live in the same country, so why do we sound do different? It's a matter of where you are on the map. Why didn't the southern accent exist until after the Civil War?
S1.E1 ∙ A River Runs Through It. Tue, May 3, 2011. How water has literally shaped the States. The surprising history hidden in the blue, squiggly lines on the map: How the founding fathers might have made a mistake along the Georgia Tennessee border; how that boundary could actually change because of water; why Maine has so much -- and why ...
Premiered May 3, 2011. Runtime 1h. Total Runtime 14h 3m (29 episodes) Country United States. Languages English. Studio Half Yard Productions. Genres Documentary. The show deals with how the various states of the United States established their borders, but also delves into other aspects of U.S. history, including failed states, proposed new ...
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- May 4, 2011
How The States Got Their Shapes. Season 1. Every line on the map tells a different story. 605 IMDb 8.2 2011 10 episodes. X-Ray TV-14. Special Interest · Documentary · Adventure · Historical. Free trial of HISTORY Vault or buy. Watch with HISTORY Vault. Start your 7-day free trial.
- 41 min
How did the most rebellious states took shape? How did they earn their outsized features and outspoken reputations. For instance, why does Montana looks like it took a bite out of Idaho? Why wasn't Texas broken up into five states? And why exactly do we have not one but two Carolinas? Director: N/AWriter: N/A
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Details Episode 7 Aired Jun 21, 2011 Church and States Could Utah have been bigger than Texas?; how religion shattered New England into little shapes; the Civil War's origin in Kansas.
