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Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Author and talk-radio host Mark R. Levin outlines his concerns about the federal government's role in civil society, touching on issues of debt, immigration, healthcare, education, and the environment, especially as they relate to young Americans.
Series
Our U.S. collection volume A5400, 6
Publisher
100% Educational Videos
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
Learn what government is, and identify the main parts of each at the local, state, and federal level. Understand how the branches work together to make our country, state, and community strong.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"The prizewinning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story--brilliantly told--of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. The triumph of the American Revolution was neither an ideological nor political guarantee that the colonies would relinquish their independence and accept the creation of a federal...
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen G. Breyer spoke with several Philadelphia area high school students in June 2005 in Washington, D.C. The students and justices discussed the significance of the judiciary and the ways that independence is protected by the Constitution.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
The Tenth Amendment says that the powers not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution belong to the individual states and their residents and can not be taken away from them. Like the Ninth Amendment, the Tenth Amendment s wording is vague and abstract and often debated, especially when applied to such important contemporary issues as the drinking age, gun ownership, health care, environmental standards, and controlled substances. Through...
9) Ruby Ridge
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Ruby Ridge is a riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement.
10) The three-cornered war: the Union, the Confederacy, and native peoples in the fight for the West
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"A deeply-researched, dramatic, and character-driven narrative account of the violent struggle between Union and Confederate forces to claim the American West during the Civil War"--
"A dramatic, riveting, and deeply researched narrative account of the epic struggle for the West during the Civil War, revealing a little-known, vastly important episode in American history. In The Three-Cornered War Megan Kate Nelson reveals the fascinating history...
11) The infographic guide to American government: a visual reference for everything you need to know
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
2019
Description
"This graphic reference guide breaks down the ins and outs of American government, explaining the details and revealing the exciting backstory of prominent events, concepts, and figures, including: Checks and balances; The Electoral College; Three branches of government; Red states, blue states, swing states; The Supreme Court; Freedom of the press ... and many more! The Infographic Guide to American Government is an illustrated take on how America...
Publisher
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
"These three 20- minute videos examine key constitutional concepts. The first explains why the nation's framers created the Constitution. The second describes the protection of individual rights by highlighting the Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright, affirming the right to an attorney. The last explores the separation of powers by examining the Supreme Court case of Youngstown v. Sawyer, a challenge to President Truman's decision to take over...
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