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Episode 42: U.S. Territories

FromCivics 101


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Episode 42: U.S. Territories

FromCivics 101

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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Jul 25, 2017
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Podcast episode

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Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands are all U.S. territories, but what does that mean? Is there political representation? What is the status of its citizens with regard to the Constitution and U.S. law? And what does the lack of full statehood status allow, or limit? Author Doug Mack leads today's lesson.  Email us your U.S. territories mnemonic device!civics101@nhpr.org
Released:
Jul 25, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode