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60 Second Civics: The Anti Federalists Part 2: Ratification by the People
The ratification of the Constitution was consistent with John Locke's social contract theory.
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60 Second Civics: The Anti Federalists Part 3: The Ratification Debates Begin
Who were the Anti-Federalists? Find out on today's podcast.
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60 Second Civics: Anti Federalist Arguments Against a Strong National Government
Today we learn some Anti-Federalists were against a strong national government.
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60 Second Civics: The Anti Federalists Part 8: A Distant Government
Anti-Federalists argued that a distant national government would require a standing army and taxation.
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60 Second Civics: Episode 1839: The Federalists Part 2: The Federalist
Today we discuss one of the most important sources of information about the Constitution: A series of essays known as The Federalist.
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60 Second Civics: Amendments and Judicial Review Part 6: Fundamental Changes
Today we learn about some important constitutional amendments that go to the core of our constitutional system.
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60 Second Civics: Amendments and Judicial Review Part 14: Marshall's Arguments
What were John Marshall's arguments in favor of judicial review? Find out on today's podcast.
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60 Second Civics: Amendments and Judicial Review: The Judiciary Act of 1789
Article III of the Constitution only outlines the national judiciary; Congress had to fill in the details.
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60 Second Civics: Episode 189 Declaration of Independence Part 3
On today's podcast, we discuss natural rights philosophy as a foundational idea of the Declaration of Independence.
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60 Second Civics: State Constitutions: Social Contract and Popular Sovereignty
On today's episode we explore the ideas of social contract and popular sovereignty in state constitutions.
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60 Second Civics: Federalist 10: Part 4
Madison's views on the benefits of a large, diverse republic are discussed in the tenth of The Federalist Papers.
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60 Second Civics: The Constitution Does Not Rely on Civic Virtue
The Federalist claim that the national government created by the Constitution did not rely on civic virtue is discussed.
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60 Second Civics: The Constitution: Not Too Complicated
James Madison responds to the criticism that the Constitution was too complicated to be effective.
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60 Second Civics: State Governing Powers
In today's episode, we discuss governing powers left to the states by the Constitution.
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60 Second Civics: Compromise and Ratification
In order to ratify the Constitution for New York and Virginia, Federalists and Anti-Federalists had to agree to compromise.
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60 Second Civics: Why the Constitution Must Be Amended
The Framers understood that a process needed to be in place for amending the Constitution in the future.
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60 Second Civics: How to Amend the Constitution
There were a number of procedures put into place for amending the Constitution.
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60 Second Civics: Ten Thousand Proposed Amendments
Since 1789, over ten thousand constitutional amendments have been proposed, while just a small number have actually been ratified.
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60 Second Civics: Political Parties as Beneficial
A discussion of some arguments in favor of political parties.
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60 Second Civics: The Napoleonic Wars and the Early Republic
Disagreements over foreign policy in the new republic led President Washington to declare neutrality during the Napoleonic Wars.
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60 Second Civics: The First American Political Parties
Looks at the formation of the first political parties in the United States.
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60 Second Civics: Benefits of Political Parties
Discusses how political parties helped bridge the great physical distances between Americans.
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60 Second Civics: The Civil War and the Constitution
Begins a discussion of how the Civil War tested and transformed the American political system.
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60 Second Civics: Dred Scott v. Sandford Part 2
Continues the discussion of Dred Scott v. Sandford.