How States Got Their Shapes

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Why do Midwestern and Rocky Mountain states share a boxy, sharp-edged shape while East Coast state borders look like the fever dream of an impressionist painter? Much of it has to do with when these states came into existence, and whether their...

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0:36.9	History is in just a bunch of names and dates and facts.
0:40.1	It's the collection of all the stories throughout human history
0:42.8	that explain how and why we got here.
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1:14.9	If you're ever a bored middle schooler,
1:16.9	you're probably looking around on the walls in your classroom
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