Government Chapters

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.

American Lewis Hines photographs children in all sorts of manual labor jobs.

Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI have four children but only one - a daughter - reaches adulthood.

The Communist Chinese Forces (CCF) from Manchuria aid North Korea; they quickly overrun the US and their allies in the South.

Two superpowers - the US and the USSR - send back-and-forth letters, each demanding that the other remove missiles from nearby countries.

Japanese-American business owners close and sell their business.

Color photos of the Great Depression provide a glimpse into the lives of people enduring hardship while still keeping love in their lives.

Children as well as adults must ration food and many other items.

Almost 40 years later, upon review, Korematsu's conviction is overturned.

Cornwallis wants to execute Wolfe Tone.

As soldiers rescue Black Hawk Super 64's crew, they are overtaken by a Somali mob who drags one soldier's body through the city. Another soldier is he...

The Chinese army encircles US Marine divisions at the Chosin Reservoir, kills many, and forces them to retreat.

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