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About the Podcast: 60-Second Civics is a daily podcast that provides a quick and convenient way for listeners to learn about our nation’s government, the Constitution, and our history. The podcast explores themes related to civics and government, the constitutional issues behind the headlines, and the people and ideas that formed our nation’s history and government.

60-Second Civics is produced by the Center for Civic Education. The show's content is primarily derived from the Center’s education for democracy curricula, including We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution, Foundations of Democracy, and Elements of Democracy.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3316, The Meaning of "Self-Evident Truths" in the Declaration of Independence
Learn more about self-evident truths.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3315, America's Fundamental Ideals, Values, and Principles
Today we begin a series on America's fundamental ideals, values, and principles.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3314, International Context of Twenty-sixth Amendment
Learn about the Twenty-sixth Amendment.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3313, Shootings Gave Twenty-sixth Amendment Renewed Urgency
Learn about the Twenty-sixth Amendment.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3312, "Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote"
Learn about the Twenty-sixth Amendment.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3311, Cultural Context of the Twenty-sixth Amendment
Learn about the Twenty-sixth Amendment.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3310, Oregon v. Mitchell Sets Back the Push to Lower the Voting Age
Learn about the Twenty-sixth Amendment.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3309, How the Vietnam War Spurred the Twenty-sixth Amendment
Learn about the Twenty-sixth Amendment.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3308, The Twenty-sixth Amendment
Learn about the Twenty-sixth Amendment.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3307, International Context to the Twenty-second Amendment
Learn about World War II.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3306, The Power of the American Presidency
Learn about the office of the president.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3305, The Custom of a Two-Term Limit
Learn about two-term limits on the president.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3304, Political Equality as a Fundamental Principle
Learn about political equality.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3303, Roosevelt and the Great Depression
Learn about Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3302, Distrust of Executive Power
Learn about Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3301, Roosevelt Breaks with Custom
Learn about Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3300, War at the Start of Roosevelt's Third Term
Learn about Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3299, The Twenty-second Amendment
Learn about the Twenty-second Amendment.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3298, Women's Suffrage Expands Worldwide
Learn about the fight for women's suffrage.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3297, The Sentinels of Liberty
Learn about the fight for women's suffrage.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3296, Violence Against Women's Suffrage
Learn about the suffrage movement.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3295, Women's Suffrage Associations
Learn about the suffrage movement.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3294, A Fractured Suffrage Movement
Learn about the suffrage movement.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3293, The Growing Women's Movement of the Late 1800s
Learn about the push for women's rights.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3292, The Seneca Falls Convention
Learn about women's suffrage.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3291, The Roots of Women's Suffrage
Learn about women's suffrage.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3290, The Emerging Role of Women
Learn about women in America.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3289, Women's Role in the American Economy Gradually Changes
Learn about women in America.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3288, Women Gain the Right to Vote
Learn about women's suffrage.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3287, World War I Increases Demands for Women's Suffrage
Learn about women's right to vote.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3286, Suffragists
Learn about women's right to vote.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3285, The Nineteenth Amendment
Learn about women's right to vote.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3284, International Prohibition Movements
Learn about international prohibition.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3283, The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Learn about prohibition.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3282, Societal Changes During Prohibition
Learn about changes in American society.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3281, Prohibition Changed American Society
Learn about changes in American society.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3280, The Prohibition Era Begins
Learn about prohibition in America.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3279, A Decade of Social Experiment
Learn about changing times in America.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3278, The Prohibition Era
Learn about the Prohibition era.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3277, The Eighteenth Amendment
Learn about the Prohibition era.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3276, International Abolition of Slavery
Learn about slavery in the world.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3275, Northern Reaction to the Emancipation Proclamation
Learn about the Emancipation Proclamation.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3274, The Emancipation Proclamation
Learn about the Emancipation Proclamation.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3273, Abolitionists, Free Soilers, and Emancipation
Learn about Americans opinions on slavery.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3272, "If Slavery Is Not Wrong, Nothing Is Wrong"
Learn about President Abraham Lincoln.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3271, The Corwin Amendment
The Corwin Amendment was created in order to avoid the Civil War. It would have outlawed future amendments that abolished slavery. However, the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter began the Civil War, and the amendment was never ratified. Instead, in 1864 Abraham Lincoln began lobby for passage an amendment to abolish slavery.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3270, Abolition Movements in the United States
Learn about slavery in the United States.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3269, Early Anti-Slavery Movements in America
Learn about slavery in the United States.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3268, Slavery Contradicted America's Founding Principles
Learn about slavery in the United States.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3267, Economic Context of the Civil War
Learn about the Civil War.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3264, The Civil War Amendments
Learn about the Civil War Amendments.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3263, Freedom of the Press around the World
Learn about the press in America.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3262, The English Roots of American Freedom of the Press
Learn about the press in America.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3261, Freedom of the Press and New Forms of Communication
Learn about the press in America.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3260, The Growing Power of Media
Learn about the press in America.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3259, The Importance of Freedom of the Press in the Early Republic
Learn about freedom of the press.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3258, Prior Restraint
Learn about prior restraint.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3257, New York Times v. Sullivan
Learn about New York Times v. Sullivan.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3256, The Alien and Sedition Acts
Learn about the Alien and Sedition Acts.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3255, Libel vs. Slander
Learn about libel and slander.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3254, The Zenger Case
Learn about the First Amendment.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3253, Freedom of the Press, an Introduction
Learn about the First Amendment.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3252, A Just and a Lasting Peace
Learn about Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3251, Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Learn about the Gettysburg Address.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3250, Abraham Lincoln and America's Founding Principles
Learn about Lincoln's political sentiments.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3249, The Thirteenth Amendment
Learn about the thirteenth amendment.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3246, Lincoln Takes Strong Action against the Rebellion
Learn about President Lincoln and the writ of habeas corpus.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3245, Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus During the Civil War
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney rules against Abraham Lincoln's aggressive use of war powers.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3244, The Prize Cases
The Prize Cases posed a constitutional test of Abraham Lincoln's use of war powers during an emergency.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3243, Congress Approves Lincoln's Actions
Critics opposed Abraham Lincoln of trampling on the Constitution, but he thought his actions were needed to save both the Union and the Constitution.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3242, Lincoln Takes Immediate Action Against the Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln acted swiftly when the Civil War began, but some people thought he had gone too far.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3241, The Civil War Begins
Abraham Lincoln faced a tough first year in office: secession and war plagued the nation.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3240, Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Lincoln lost his campaign for the Senate, but won the presidency two years later.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3239, Abraham Lincoln Opposes the Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act brought Abraham Lincoln back into politics and pushed the country closer to civil war.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3238, Abraham Lincoln Begins His Political Career
Despite having less than one year of formal education, Abraham Lincoln became a lawyer and launched his political career.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3237, Abraham Lincoln's Early Life
Today we kick off a brief series on Abraham Lincoln.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3236, The Legacy of George Mason
On today's podcast, we learn about the legacy of George Mason, America's forgotten founder.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3235, Virginia Ratifies the Constitution
Despite George Mason's objections, Virginia ratified the Constitution.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3234, George Mason at the Virginia Ratification Convention
George Mason made one fateful error at the Virginia Ratification Convention.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3233, George Mason Refuses to Sign the Constitution
Why didn't the Founders add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution at first?

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3232, George Mason Proposes the Bill of Rights
On today's podcast, George Mason opens Pandora's Box during the final days of the Philadelphia Convention.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3231, Bernard Bailyn on Slavery in the Founding Period
Learn about slavery in the United States.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3230, The New York Manumission Society
Learn about the New York Manumission Society.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3229, Slavery in the North
Learn about slavery in the United States.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3228, Providence Punishes National Sins by National Calamities
Learn about the Founders and slavery.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3227, George Mason's Attack on Slavery
Learn about the Founders and slavery.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3226, Jefferson and Madison on Slavery
Learn about the Founders and slavery.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3225, Mason and Washington on Slavery
Learn about two Founders' views on slavery.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3224, Frequent Recurrence to Fundamental Principles
Learn about the Virginia Declaration of Rights.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3223, Important Principles in the Virginia Declaration of Rights
Learn about the Virginia Declaration of Rights.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3222, The Virginia Declaration of Rights
Learn about the Virginia Declaration of Rights.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3221, The Most Influential Constitutional Document in American History
Learn about George Mason.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3220, The Fairfax Resolves
Learn about George Mason.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3219, George Mason's Early Life
Learn about George Mason.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3218, George Mason, the Reluctant Statesman
Learn about George Mason.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3217, George Mason, America's Forgotten Founder
Learn about George Mason.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3216, George Washington's Rules of Civility
Learn about George Washington.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3215, George Washington's Views on Slavery
Learn about George Washington.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3214, George Washington Warns Against Party and Faction
Learn about George Washington.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3213, How George Washington Established the Authority of the Presidency
Learn about George Washington.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3212, George Washington Relied on the Advice of Others
Learn about George Washington.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3211, George Washington as President
Learn about George Washington.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3210, George Washington, the Reluctant President
Learn about George Washington.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3209, A Strong Executive
Learn about George Washington.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3208, George Washington on Patriotism
Learn about George Washington.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3207, Washington's Support for Civilian Control of Government
Learn about George Washington.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3206, The Newburgh Conspiracy
Learn about the Newburgh Conspiracy.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3205, George Washington the Soldier
Learn about George Washington.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3204, George Washington's Early Life
Learn about George Washington.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3203, James Madison and the Bill of Rights
Learn about James Madison.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3202, Madison Supports Freedom of Religion in Virginia
Learn about James Madison.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3201, James Madison as a Champion for Religious Freedom
Learn about James Madison.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3200, James Madison Fears About Slavery
Learn about James Madison's opinions on slavery.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3199, James Madison on Slavery
Learn about James Madison's opinions on slavery.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3198, James Madison's Evolving Opinion of Political Parties
Learn about Madison's views on political parties.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3197, Mr. Madison's Party
Learn about James Madison's political party.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3196, James Madison on Partisan Politics
Learn about Madison's views on partisanship.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3195, If Men Were Angels, No Government Would Be Needed
Learn about the separation of powers in government.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3194, James Madison's Federalist 10
Learn about James Madison.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3193, James Madison's Federalist Essays
Learn about James Madison.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3192, James Madison, the Convention's Most Active Delegate
Learn about James Madison.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3191, James Madison's Views Did Not Always Prevail
Learn about James Madison.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3190, James Madison Drafts the Virginia Plan
Learn about James Madison.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3189, James Madison, Scholar and Politician
Learn about James Madison.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3188, James Madison's Early Career
Learn about James Madison.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3187, James Madison, Father of the Constitution
Learn about James Madison.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3186, Participation in Government
Learn about citizens participating in government.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3183, Civic Participation
Learn about civic participation.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3182, Citizenship as an Office of Government
Learn about citizens' roles.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3181, Civil Disobedience
Learn about civil disobedience.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3180, Responsibilities of Citizens
Learn about citizens and their responsibilities.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3179, Some Rights Can Be Limited
Learn about the limitation of rights.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3178, Personal, Political, and Economic Rights
Learn about types of rights.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3177, Legal Permanent Residents
Learn about living legally in a country.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3176, Citizenship
Learn about citizenship.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3175, The Spread of American Ideas
Learn about the spread of American ideas.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3174, Constitutional Powers to Deal With Other Countries
Learn about shared powers of U.S. government.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3173, The United Nations
Learn about the United Nations.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3172, How Nations Interact
Learn about nations interactions with each other.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3171, International Law
Learn about international law.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3170, Nation-States
Learn about nation-states.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3169, The Indispensable Foundation of Individual Freedom
Learn about rights of individuals.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3168, Due Process in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
Learn about due process.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3167, Due Process of Law
Learn about due process.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3166, The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Learn about the Civil Rights Movement.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3165, The Civil Rights Movement
Learn about Rosa Parks and other activists.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3164, Brown v. Board of Education
Learn about Brown v. Board of Education.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3163, Plessy v. Ferguson
Learn about Plessy v. Ferguson.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3162, Unfair Treatment of African Americans
Learn about segregation and discrimination in the United States.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3161, Voting in the States
Learn about the voting in America.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3160, Voting Age Lowered to Eighteen
Learn about the voting age in America.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3159, Native Americans Gain the Right to Vote
Learn about voting rights in America.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3158, Women's Struggle for the Right to Vote
Learn about voting rights in America.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3157, The Long Struggle for Voting Rights for African Americans
Learn about voting rights in America.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3156, The Right to Vote Denied to African Americans
Learn about voter suppression laws.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3155, Civil War Amendments
Learn about Civil War amendments.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3154, Dorr Rebellion
Learn about the Dorr Rebellion.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3153, The Right to Vote Severely Restricted in the Early Republic
Learn about the early right to vote.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3152, Religion in Public Education
Learn about religion in public education.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3151, Limits to Free Exercise of Religion
Learn about freedom of religion.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3150, Conflicts about Freedom of Religion
Learn about freedom of religion.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3149, Freedom of Religion
Learn about freedom of religion.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3148, Tinker v. Des Moines
Learn about Tinker v. Des Moines.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3147, Limits to Freedom of Expression
Learn about freedom of expression.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3146, How Freedom of Expression Benefits Democracy
Learn about freedom of expression.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3145, Two Benefits of Freedom of Expression
Learn about freedom of expression.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3144, Freedom of Expression
Learn about freedom of expression.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3143, How Supreme Court Justices Decide Cases
Learn about influences on Supreme Court justices.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3142, Modernism or Instrumentalism
Learn about the modernism method of interpreting the Constitution.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3141, Fundamental Principles
Learn about the fundamental principles method of Constitutional interpretation.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3140, Original Intent
Learn about the original intent method of Constitutional interpretation.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3139, Textualism, Literalism, or Strict Construction
Learn about a strict construction method of interpreting the Constitution.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3138, Four Methods of Constitutional Interpretation
Learn about interpreting the Constitution.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3137, Marshall's Reasoning in the Marbury Case
Learn about the power of judicial review.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3136, Marbury v. Madison
Learn about the case of Marbury v. Madison.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3135, Judicial Review over State Governments
Learn about the supreme law of the land.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3134, Who Interprets the Constitution?
Learn about interpreting the Constitution.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3133, Advantages of Political Parties
Learn about positive effects of political parties.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3132, The Revolution of 1800
Learn about the presidential election of 1800.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3131, The Alien and Sedition Acts
Learn about the Alien and Sedition Acts.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3130, John Jay's Unpopular Treaty
Learn about John Jay's treaty with Great Britain.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3129, Americans Take Sides in the War between France and Great Britain
Learn about the war between France and Great Britain.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3128, The Bank of the United States
Learn about the national bank.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3127, Hamilton's Idea for a National Bank
Learn about the finances of the new nation.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3126, Hamilton vs. Jefferson
Learn about the differing views of Hamilton and Jefferson.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3125, The Rise of Political Parties
Learn about Framers and political parties.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3124, The Bill of Rights
Learn about the first ten amendments to the Constitution.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3123, The Creation of the Judicial Branch
Learn about different levels of courts.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3122, Washington's Cabinet
Learn about Washington's cabinet.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3121, The Nation's First President
Learn about President George Washington.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3120, Compromise on a Bill of Rights
Learn about disagreements about a bill of rights.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3119, Would the National Government Have Too Much Power?
Learn about the powers of the national government.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3118, Would the Constitution Maintain Republican Government?
Learn about disagreements about the Constitution.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3117, Three Basic Disagreements over Ratification
Learn about disagreements between Federalists and Anti-Federalists.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3116, Meet the Anti-Federalists
Learn about the Anti-Federalists.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3115, Meet the Federalists
Learn about those who supported the Constitution.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3114, Ratifying the Constitution
Learn about the special conventions that voted on the Constitution.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3113, James Madison's Plan for Ratification
Learn about the ratification of the Constitution.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3112, The Balance of Power
Learn about powers given to government.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3111, The Supremacy Clause
Learn about the supremacy clause.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 3110, Constitutional Limits on the Power of Government
Learn about powers distributed to governments.

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