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60 Second Civics: Rights Before Civil War Pt. 6: Applying Judicial Review
The Supreme Court established its power of judicial review in 1803, but exercised this power only rarely.
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60 Second Civics: Rights Before Civil War Pt. 7: Barron v. Baltimore
In 1833, the Supreme Court decided that the Bill of Rights did not protect people from violation of their rights by state governments. It took a long time for this to change.
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60 Second Civics: Role of the Supreme Court
Today we examine the role of the Supreme Court in the American constitutional system.
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60 Second Civics: Petition of Right Part 1
On the podcast today, we discuss the clash between Parliament and the English monarchy.
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60 Second Civics: Rights Before Civil War Pt. 8: After Barron v. Baltimore
In the nineteenth century, the protection of citizens' rights from state governments was not very strong.
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60 Second Civics: Rights Before Civil War Pt. 9: Corruption in State Governments
State governments proved to be corruptible early in American history with the advent of the railroad.
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60 Second Civics: Rights Before Civil War Pt. 10: Not Slaves but Not Free
Even free African Americans living in the North in the nineteenth century were not treated as full citizens.
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60 Second Civics: Rights Before Civil War Pt. 11: Dred Scott v. Sanford
The Supreme Court in 1857 thought it could avoid war by finding that African Americans were not citizens. The effect was precisely the opposite.
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60 Second Civics: Rights Before Civil War Pt. 13: To Save the Union
The Civil War began in April of 1861. President Lincoln declared that his primary goal was to save the Union.
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60 Second Civics: Rights Before Civil War Pt. 14: The Emancipation Proclamation
Contrary to popular opinion, the Emancipation Proclamation didn't actually free all slaves.
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60 Sec. Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 1: Political Parties Before War
Today we learn about the origins of the Democratic and Republican parties.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 2: Reconstruction
Today we discuss the political landscape of the United States during Reconstruction.
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60 Second Civics: Petition of Right Part 2
Today we discuss the events that led to the Petition of Right of 1628.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 5: Challenges to Civil Rights
On today's podcast, we learn about economic interests that worked against the expansion of civil rights for African Americans after the Civil War.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 11: Due Process
The due process and equal protection clauses are considered by many scholars to be the most important clauses in the Constitution. Find out why on today's podcast.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 13: The Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment was intended to protect the rights of African Americans to vote. It worked, for a while.
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60 Second Civics: Petition of Right Part 3
On today's episode, we discuss the characteristics of the Petition of Right of 1628.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt.15: Federal Bill of Rights
The Supreme Court had an opportunity in 1873 to extend the protections of the federal Bill of Rights to the states. It decided not to.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 16: End of Reconstruction Era
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was held to be unconstitutional and President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed a former Confederate to his cabinet. Clearly, the Reconstruction era was over.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 17: Self Reliance
Rutherford B. Hayes refused to enforce the Civil War Amendments. This led to the birth of the civil rights movement.
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60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 19: Voting and Women
Although woman suffragists had long been supporters of the anti-slavery cause, they were denied the right to vote in the Fourteenth Amendment.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 1: Introduction
In this episode, we introduce our series on civil rights in the United States.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 2: De Jure Segregation
On today's podcast, we define de jure segregation. This is a rebroadcast of a show that originally aired on November 4, 2011.
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60 Second Civics: Civil Rights Part 3: De Facto Segregation
Today we define de facto segregation. This is a rebroadcast of an episode that originally aired in November, 2011.