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60 Second Civics: Role of Political Parties Part 7
Examines the danger of factions within political parties.
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60 Second Civics: The Framers and Slavery
The issue of slavery at the Philadelphia Convention was discussed.
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60 Second Civics: The Debate Over Slavery
Examines the debate over whether the Constitution was a pro-slavery or an anti-slavery document.
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60 Second Civics: Slavery in New Territories Part 1
Discusses the issue of slavery in the Northwest Territory of the United States.
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60 Second Civics: Slavery in New Territories Part 2
Continues the discussion of slavery in the new territories, and how Congress admitted new states in pairs - one a free state, the other a slave state.
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60 Second Civics: Slavery in New Territories Part 3
After the Mexican-American War, it became difficult to balance the number of slave and free states, so compromises had to be made.
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60 Second Civics: Free Soil and the Kansas Nebraska Act
Examines the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the issue of slavery in the new states.
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60 Second Civics: The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 created conflict between Southern and Northern states over the issue of slavery.
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60 Second Civics: Dred Scott v. Sandford Part 1
Discusses the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford.
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60 Second Civics: Secession Part 1
Looks at the issue of secession, which began when eleven southern states broke away and formed the Confederate States of America.
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60 Second Civics: Secession Part 2
Looks at the arguments given by the Confederate States of America for their professed right to secede.
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60 Second Civics: Secession Part 3
Discusses the arguments of the North that secession violated the Constitution.
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60 Second Civics: Secession Part 4
Discusses the terms of the Confederate government and Constitution.
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60 Second Civics: Preserving the Union
The topic of this podcast is President Lincoln and the preservation of the Union.
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60 Second Civics: Lincoln Asserts Presidential Power
Looks at President Lincoln's assertion of presidential powers during wartime.
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60 Second Civics: Lincoln Suspends Habeas Corpus
President Lincoln's assertion of presidential powers included suspension of habeas corpus.
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60 Second Civics: Emancipation Proclamation Part 1
Lincoln announces the Emancipation Proclamation.
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60 Second Civics: Emancipation Proclamation Part 2
Looks at the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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60 Second Civics: The Fourteenth Amendment
After the Civil War, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Fourteenth Amendment. These were efforts to protect the rights of African Americans.
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60 Second Civics: The Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment expanded the right to vote to ensure that African Americans could exercise this right.
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60 Second Civics: Birth of the Civil Rights Movement
Talks about the beginnings of the civil rights movement after the government did not provide the protection that was promised to African Americans in the Fourteenth Amendment.
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60 Second Civics: Introduction to Due Process
Discusses the roots of due process of law and that it has undergone changes in interpretation over time.
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60 Second Civics: The Origins of Due Process Part 1
The roots of the ancient principle of due process of law are described.
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60 Second Civics: The Origins of Due Process Part 2
Due process of law has its roots in the Magna Carta but continues to evolve over time.