Governments can be constitutional monarchies, dictatorships, federal republics, parliamentary democracies, constitutional republics. More than a system of rules and regulations, they help civilized people to live together peacefully. These stories explore different forms of government.
Read about Japanese and US soldiers, naval ships, famous WWII places and how the Japanese and US remain allies today.
South Korea forms a small operational defense force, and the North begins talks of invasion.
President Nixon's actions are the subject of many famous political cartoons by Herb Block (Herblock), which can be viewed online.
Jesse's close friend, Robert Ford, shoots him in the head in his own house while his family is there.
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson both believe in a democratic society, with freedom to worship as one chooses.
Before 1995, no black players are members of the Springboks, South Africa's rugby team.
While the Japanese plan Pearl Harbor, their Washington DC diplomats keep in contact with US officials; rumors of war begin.
The Armada must return home by a northern route that takes them around the top of Scotland and down the rocky coast of west Ireland.
A collection of French photographs shows Vietnam during the French rule.
Not long after the Kent State tragedy, the Supreme Court orders schools to integrate immediately.
Before the rule of Henry VIII, Ireland is independent of the British, but Protestants want to "colonize" Ireland.
In 1965 millions of black Americans in the south still could not vote.
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