What is a U.S. territory? What is the status of its citizens with regard to the Constitution and U.S. law? Doug Mack, author of The Not-Quite States of America joins us for a lesson on territories.
There's no shame in coming up with tools to help recall a list of names, it's how we learned the planets, the capitals, the periodic table, and goodness knows what else. So we're asking you to come up with a good mnemonic device, song, or some other way to help remember the 5 permanently inhabited, unincorporated U.S. territories. Then we'll pick one and include it in our weekly newsletter Extra Credit! Send us an email at civics101@nhpr.org
Here's the list:
U.S. Virgin Islands
Guam
American Samoa
The Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
If you want double super extra credit, try to come up with a mnemonic device for all 16 U.S. territories!