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60 Second Civics: Van Buren on Political Parties Part 1
Discusses Martin Van Buren's views on political parties.
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60 Second Civics: Van Buren on Political Parties Part 2
Continues the discussion of Van Buren's view of political parties.
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60 Second Civics: Van Buren's Revolutionary Idea
Martin Van Buren's believed that two parties could function very well in government and would serve as an additional check on any abuse of power.
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60 Second Civics: Role of Political Parties Part 1
Examines the role of political parties in today's political system.
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60 Second Civics: Role of Political Parties Part 2
Continues the discussion of the purposes of political parties.
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60 Second Civics: Role of Political Parties Part 3
Discusses the benefits of political parties in America's government today.
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60 Second Civics: Judicial Branch of State Government
This podcast episode discusses the judicial branch of state government.
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60 Second Civics: Role of Political Parties Part 4
A discussion of the stability that political parties can provide a government.
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60 Second Civics: Role of Political Parties Part 5
Today, we discuss some of the less favorable aspects of the political party system.
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60 Second Civics: Role of Political Parties Part 6
Discusses some of the types of third parties and their failure to gain traction in the American political system.
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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: 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: 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.