Welcome to Mr. Allen's Portaportal!
American Government
The Legislative Branch
Term Limits?
"No Term Limits" Shredded
Re-Electing A Hated Congress?
Legislative Branch - "Embrace the Gridlock"
Legislative Branch: We Make Law!!!
Constitution Hall Pass: The Legislative Branch
Current Supreme Court
Constitution Hall Pass: The Judicial Branch
The Judicial Branch
Inside the Supreme Court
Supreme Court Shenanigans
The Silent Justice Speaks
What It's Like Being A Supreme Court Justice
Constitution Hall Pass: The Executive Branch
The Executive Branch
Executive Transfer of Power
Inside Air Force One
School House Rock - Checks and Balances
Separation of Powers
When a Plane Violates Presidential Airspace
Inside the Obama White House
President Trump - Oval Office - 100th Day
President Obama and Jerry Seinfeld
Declaration of Independence - Dramatic Reading
Crash Course - D.O.I.
Principles of the US Constitution
Bill of Rights Song
What is a Constitutional Crisis?
2000 Presidential Election
Rise and Fall of Nixon
Seedy Underbelly of the Presidency
Obamacare - Unconstitutional
President Obama: Obamacare is Constitutional
How Obamacare Works
Obamacare - "60 Minutes" Interview
Schoolhouse Rock - How a Bill Becomes a Law
"I'm Just a Bill" Parody
SNL - Executive Order
The Filibuster
Pork Barrel Legislation: The Bridge To Nowhere - Parody
US Congress Bad Lip Reading
Congress Debates Raising Debt Ceiling Bill
Casting A Vote In Congress - Obamacare "Skinny Repeal"
A House Divided - Start at 30:43
US Congress Documentary
First Amendment Controversy - Flag Burning
Government Issues: Campaign Finance Reform
How Candidates Spend Campaign Financing
Bernie Sanders on Campaign Finance Reform
Government Issues: Special Interest Groups
LBJ "Daisy" Advertisement
Brian Williams Misquote - Rap
Brian Williams Addresses His Rapping
Ronald Reagan Misquote - "Just Say Yes"
Bill Burr on Hillary Clinton
Bill Burr on Donald Trump
Immigration Reform: Clinton and Trump
Illegal Immigration: It's About Power
Government Issues: Anti-Illegal Immigration
Government Issues: Pro-Illegal Immigration (Sanctuary Cities)
The Struggles of Undocumented Immigrants
Government Issues: Pro-Foreign Aid
Government Issues: Anti-Foreign Aid
Foreign Aid is the Problem
Government Issues: Social Security is Affordable
Government Issues: Americans Weigh In On Social Security
How the Electoral College Works - Keep It!
The Trouble with the Electoral College
Interactive Electoral College Map
Electoral College Map - 2016+2020
2016 Electoral College Results
Jaywalking: Government
Republicans on Healthcare Reform
Democrats on Healthcare Reform
Republicans on Gun Control
Democrats on Gun Control
Democrats and Republicans on the Environment
Military Spending
Military or Defense Spending?
Richard Nixon: War on Drugs
Do Not Legalize Drugs!
Legalize Drugs?
Student Rights Explained
What Dress Codes Actually Do
School Dress Codes - Con
School Dress Codes - Pro
Students Arrested In School
Gun Control - Student Speaks
"I AM THE MAJORITY!!!"
What Makes America Different?
Why We're Losing Liberty
American Revolution
Seinfeld History Lesson
British Empire - World Map
Map of US - Proclamation of 1763
Students Returning to School
Sons of Liberty
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
Lexington and Concord - Start at 32:19
Lexington and Concord - Aftermath
Andy Griffith - Lexington and Concord
War Battles Map
Battle of Bunker Hill
Thomas Paine - Common Sense
Declaration of Independence Signatures
Benedict Arnold
Battle of Long Island - Start at 5:59
Battle of Long Island - Short Version
Crossing the Delaware Painting
Crossing the Delaware - Humorous
Cutting off New England
Surviving Valley Forge
Battle of Saratoga
Francis Marion - Swamp Fox
Yorktown Peninsula Map
Battle of Yorktown
The Constitution
After the American Revolution?
Alternate History - American Revolution
Alternate History - American Revolution (Shorter)
American Slavery
Slave Trade Regions Map
Slave Ship Diagram
Slave Trade Currency
Malcolm X - Slave Names
Malcolm X - Plymouth Rock
Crash Course in History - Slavery
Present-Day Reparations Plan
Reparations: Counter Argument
The Underground Railroad: Escape From Slavery
Two Worlds: North vs. South Map
Whitney Plantation Museum
Morgan Freeman: Black History Month
"End Black History Month?"
Stereotype Humor
The Enduring Myth of Black Criminality
Embracing Pointless Stereotypes
Dispelling Stereotypes
Don't Judge Ethnic Groups Differently
Fact About Slavery Never Mentioned
Modern Day Slavery
U.R.R. = Start 47:28; End 1:25:13
Motives for Civil War - "The Lost Cause?"
Motives for Civil War - Preserving Slavery
Atomic Bomb Debate: It Was Necessary
Why the Atomic Bomb was Dropped
President Truman's Statement
Atomic Bomb Debate: It Was Not Necessary
The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
Not Everyone Wanted to Bomb Hiroshima
Civil War
Robert Smalls
Raid on Harpers Ferry
Lincoln Elected
Battle of Fort Sumter
The Path to Civil War
John Brown Painting: "Tragic Prelude"
Crash Course: CW Part I
North vs. South Map
Removing Confederate Monuments?
U.S. Map
Civil War Weaponry
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Conan O'Brien - Civil War Soldier
Union Recruitment Posters
Confederate Recruitment Poster
Sample Civil War Poems
Crash Course: CW Part II
The Emanicipation Proclamation Strategy
54th Massachusetts Regiment: Charging Fort Wagner
54th Massachusetts Regiment Anniversary
Civil War Soldier Life
NYC Draft Riots
Civil War Soldiers Singing
Habeas Corpus/Patriot Act Connection?
Union Siege of Vicksburg
Chamberlain's Charge
The Gettysburg Address
General Sherman's Terrifying Tactics
Lincoln Instructs Grant
U.S. Grant at Appomattox
The Legacy of U.S. Grant
Lee and Grant: Surrender at Appomattox
Sherman: When Georgia Howled (23:07)
Economics: Follow the Money
Political Theory - Karl Marx
Political Theory - Karl Marx Response
"Socialism Makes People Selfish"
"Why You Love Capitalism"
Mercantilism Explained
Triangular Trade Route Map
The Atlantic Slave Trade - Triangular Trade
Modern-Day Slavery
A Creative YouTube Capitalist
Crash Course: Industrial Revolution
Lowell Mills
Photos That Ended Child Labor
Interstate Highway System
Erie Canal Map
The Building of the Erie Canal
Traversing the American Midwest Before Railroads
Technology and Surveillance
The Ransomware Epidemic
Technology Surveillance in Schools
The Industrial Revolution - Movie
"The Crisis of Credit"
Spotting the Housing Bubble
Betting Against Housing Market
"The Big Short" Sales Pitch
Big Short: I Was Right
Stock Market Simulation
Stock Market Explained
US = Global Superpower
US Trade with China
Economic Fact-Finding Mission: China
China Documentary
US Trade with Saudi Arabia
Economic Fact-Finding Mission: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Documentary
Tom Brokaw: Canada to Americans
US/Canada Tariff War
Conan: Canadian Border Patrol
Economic Fact-Finding Mission: Canada
Canada Documentary
Economic Fact-Finding Mission: U.S.A.
From World War to Cold War
Post World War II Impact on Germany: Four Zones
The Berlin Wall
The Truman Doctrine: Video
Korean Peninsula - 38th Parallel
Korean Peninsula - 38th Parallel - Conan
The North Korean Legal/Prison System
The Real North Korea
Vietnam - 17th Parallel Map
JFK Cronkite Interview on Vietnam
LBJ Speech on Vietnam Escalation - 1965
Agent Orange Documentary
Vietnam: Operation Rolling Thunder Footage
Vietnam Bombing Raids - Bad Company
Vietnam Veteran: Marine Sniper Interview
Middle East Map
Kuwaiti Oil Wells on Fire
What Happened In The Persian Gulf War?
Operation Desert Storm = 21:18 Start
Levittowns
The Suburbs
1950 Ford Commercial
1959 Ford Truck Commercial
1950's and 1960's Commercials
Elvis Presley
Chuck Berry
1950's Paradise?
The Secret Science of Advertising
Advertising Psychology
Times Square
Fenway Park - Then
Fenway Park - Today
NASCAR Jump Suit
Marketing Fails
Product Placement in Movies
America = Modern Era
Conan = Taco Bell
Conan = Commercial Auditions
Making Commercials at Home
Ethnicity in America
Crash Course - Immigration
Seinfeld: Immigration
Seinfeld: The Pony Remark
Ellis Island - A History
Gangs of New York: Nativists on Immigration
Gangs of New York: Nativists vs. Immigrants
NYC Tenements
IIRIRA Act
Border Patrol: Migrant Drop-Offs
Citizenship Test
U.S. Immigration History
Overcrowded Cities
Overpopulation and Sustainable Cities
U.S. Running Out of People?
American Migrant Crisis
America's Border Crisis
Reconstruction
The Ku Klux Klan
Minority Farming Today
Is America Racist?
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Dealing with Jim Crow Today
Growing Up Black
A Conversation With Police About Race
Don't Judge Ethnic Groups Differently
A Conversation With White People About Race
White Privilege
Issues Facing African-Americans Today
Quotes on the Street
Minority Politics
Freedom of Speech
Ezra Levant on Glenn Beck
Ezra Levant - My Intent
Ezra Levant - Entitled to My Opinion?
Notable First Amendment Court Cases
The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
Sacco and Vanzetti Video Clip
Freedom of Speech Under Attack
Five First Amendment-Defining Court Cases
Know the Rules
Holocaust
Warsaw Ghetto Photos
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Deportation
Auschwitz
Liberation
Mordechai Anielewicz - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Emanuel's Letter - Life in the Warsaw Ghetto
German Citizens Confront Nazi Atrocities
Maine Studies
White Pine Cone and Tassel
White Pine Tree
Chickadee
Landlocked Salmon
Tourmaline
Moose Crossing Road
Maine Coon Cats
Honeybee
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
Irish People Try Maine Snacks
Pronouncing Maine Names
Maine County Song
Californians Try Maine Food
Maine Tourism
For the Love of Lobster
Paper Industry - The Magic City
The Golden Road
Bath Iron Works
Potato Harvest Video
The Opioid Effect - Maine's Fishing Community
The Last True Hermit
Maine Studies - City of Brewer
City of Brewer - Satellite Image
Bangor/Brewer - Lumber Capital
Eastern Fine Paper Documentary
City of Brewer - Historic Photos
Boston Back Bay Neighborhood - Brewer Bricks
Boston Back Bay Aerial View - Brewer Bricks
Bangor Daily News - Brewer Brick Fame
Maine Bricks - A Tradition Born of Necessity
Handmade Brick Firing/Making
Primitive Technology: Bricks
Mexican-American War
Mexican-American War Summary - Short
The Mexican-American War Summary
Principles of "Manifest Destiny"
US/Mexico Border Today
US/Mexico - Border Patrol
Border Patrol Risks
Mexican-American War Detailed Fact Summary
Mexican-American War Britannica Fact Summary
Mexican-American War History.com Fact Summary
Mexican-American War (History Channel)
Native American Studies
Christopher Columbus - Negative View
Christopher Columbus - Positive View
Columbus Cringe
Painting: American Progress
Manifest Destiny - Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase Map
Native Americans - BIA Issues Today
Current Native American Issues
"Trail of Tears" Map
"Trail of Tears" Documentary
American Indian Boarding Schools Documentary
Study History Intelligently
Taking Back Hawaii
Native American Studies - Maine
Wabanaki Map
Ted Talks: Introduction to the Maine Wabanaki
Hollywood Stereotypes of Native Americans
Seinfeld: Native American Stereotypes
Indigenous People are not Mascots
Native American Poetry - "Sacred Breath"
People of the Dawn Documentary
Wabanaki Homeland Documentary
New Deal Political Cartoons
Cartoon #1
Cartoon #2
Cartoon #3
Cartoon #4
Cartoon #5
Patriot Act
The Patriot Act Defined
Support for the Patriot Act
Protesting the Patriot Act
Political Cartoons
Join or Die
Dividing the World
Prohibition Political Cartoons
Dr. Seuss
The Modern Devil Fish
The Saloon Tooth
Kirby Dry
Prohibition Depression
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan - Homework Article
The Marshall Plan: Video
The U.S. Presidency
Washington: First President
How Much Power Does The President Really Have?
1960 Presidential Debate - Opening
Presidential Debates: Little Things Matter
War of 1812
College Humor - War of 1812
Barbary States Map
Captain Phillips - Hijacking
Modern Pirates
Surviving Pirates
Crash Course - War of 1812
Native American Lands Lost
Tecumseh - We Shall Remain
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Tecumseh's War
USS Constitution
White House Burning
Dolly Madison - Comedy Central
The Battle of Fort McHenry - Francis Scott Key
The Star Spangled Banner
The Battle of New Orleans
War of 1812 Documentary - Part I
War of 1812 Documentary - Part II
The War of 1812 In 12 Minutes
Andrew Jackson - 43:52 Start
War on Terror
Iraq War Facts and Statistics
Pros and Cons of the Iraq War
Afghanistan War Facts and Statistics
Pros and Cons of the Afghanistan War
9/11 Terrorist Attack Statistics
9/11: The Lost Tapes (FAA-NORAD)
9/11 Naudet Brothers Documentary
The Hunt for Bin Laden
Watershed Moments in Modern American History
Life in the Roaring Twenties
Teapot Dome Scandal
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Crash Course: Roaring 20's
Prohibition
Prohibition and the Mafia
Legalization of Marijuana - Pros and Cons
1920's Dancing
1920's Fashion - Women
1920's - Zoot Suit
1920's Silent Film - Charlie Chaplin - "The Kid"
1920's Silent Film - Charlie Chaplin - "Lion"
1920's Silent Film - Charlie Chaplin - "Boxing"
1920's Silent Film - Charlie Chaplin - "Prison"
Women's Suffrage
"If We Must Die"
"The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
19th Amendment and African-Americans
Legislating Morality?
Prohibition Today?
Al Capone's Chicago
Daily Life in the Great Depression
Crash Course: The Great Depression
Stock Market Crash of 1929
The Real Herbert Hoover
Hoover and the Great Depression
Hoovervilles and the Bonus Army
FDR Inaugural Address
FDR Fireside Chat Photo
Pro-New Deal Video
Anti-New Deal Video
Social Security = Insecure?!
The Dust Bowl and the Depression
The Dust Bowl Again?
How Poor People Survive in the U.S.
Renters in America Today
First Red Scare: Sacco and Vanzetti
Documentary: 1946-1952 (Red Scare)
The Rosenbergs
McCarthy-Welch Hearing
What is McCarthyism?
Anti-Communist Cartoon
How to Spot a Communist
"If You See Something, Say Something"
The Hollywood Blacklist
Brown v. Board of Education Video
Brown v. Board of Education Today
Brown v. Board of Education Information Link
Jackie Robinson
The Little Rock Nine
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Civil Rights Civil Disobedience Protest Footage
The Greensboro Four
Dr. King - "I Have a Dream" - 13:00
Who Was Malcolm X?
Malcolm X - Fiery Speech
Malcolm X - Plymouth Rock
Malcolm X and Dr. King: Similarities
Malcolm X and Dr. King: Differences
Race Riots - 1960's
Watts Race Relations Today
Kids Speak Their Minds on Race
Fred Hampton and the Black Panthers
Vietnam War Protest Song: "Fixing to Die Rag"
Sample List of Vietnam War Protest Songs
Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner - Woodstock
Documentary: Civil Rights
World War I
The Balkan Peninsula
The Archduke's Assassination
Harlem Hellfighters
World War I Bar Fight
WWI Misconceptions
Trench Warfare
The Sinking of the Lusitania
The Zimmerman Telegram
Why Veterans Miss War
"Shell Shock"
The Battle of the Argonne Forest
The Final Minutes of WWI
The Treaty of Versailles
Killing During Wartime
WWI Documentary
World War I - Peace Treaty Activity
War Cost Figures
War Casualties by Country
Germany's Proposed Military Structure After WWI
World War I German Army Figures
Map of Europe - 1914
World War I - Propaganda
Propaganda #1
Propaganda #2
Propaganda #3
Propaganda #4
Propaganda #5
Propaganda #6
Propaganda #7
Propaganda #8
World War II
German Inflation Post WWI
German Society Post-WWI
Why Isn't Communism Hated Like Nazism?
Joseph Stalin
Nuremberg Rally
The Munich Agreement
Blitzkrieg Tactics
Photo - Hitler in Paris
France Falls to Germany
Battle of Britain Dogfights
Pearl Harbor Footage
Pearl Harbor Battle Scene
FDR Pearl Harbor Speech
Roosevelt Meeting With Cabinet - P.H. Response
U.S. Revenge Raid on Japan
President Bush 9/11 Speech
"Who's Going Left?!"
U.S. War Production
Japanese Internment Camps
The Conscientious Objector
Battle of Midway
Stalingrad
D-Day Invasion
Hitler's Last Day
Island Hopping Map
Kamikaze Attacks
Kamikaze Warfare
Hiroshima: Dropping the Bomb
Truman's Basis for Dropping the Bomb
Hiroshima: 24 Hours After
Japanese Surrender
The Nuremberg Trials
SNL - WWII
The Story of Us: WWII
World Map
Labeled World Map