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Intro: 0:00 – 03:35
“Taxation without Representation:” 05:54 – 11:40
Managing the War Effort:: 11:40 – 16:11
“A Firm League of Friendship:” 19:41 – 22:24
Congress’s Limited Power: 23:31 – 30:28
Recession and Rebellion: 30:29 – 35:35
History as a Guide: 38:23 – 40:00
“Vices of the Political System of the United States:” 40:01 – 44:29
Vision for a New Constitution: 44:31 – 47:31
The Structure of the New Government under the Virginia Plan: 49:56 – 57:36
National Supremacy? 57:37 – 59:56
The Federal Negative: 59:57 – 1:04:43
Intro: 00:00 – 02:57
Toward a New Constitution: The Debate over Federal Power, and its Limits: 02:58 – 12:11
Virginia Debates Ratification : 17:09 – 20:17
Madison and the Bill of Rights: 20:18 – 28:11
The Report on Public Credit : 30:43 – 38:19
Debating a National Bank: 38:20 – 55:35
Hamilton’s Defense of the Bank: 50:18 – 55:35
Intro: 00:00 – 03:12
Relations with the British : 05:52 – 12:32
Disagreement within the Cherokee Tribe : 22:11 – 25:11
Cherokee Culture and Government: 25:12 – 36:28
Jackson and the Cherokee : 41:30 – 49:53
The Question of Sovereignty : 54:11 – 59:58
The Indian Removal Act: 59:59 – 1:07:29
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia : 1:07:30 – 1:12:12
Worchester v. Georgia : 1:12:13 – 1:17:56
A Growing Divide : 1:22:03 – 1:29:18
The Senate Votes: 1:34:36 – 1:37:14
Intro: 0:00 – 03:11
Schooling in Colonial America: 03:12 – 10:40
Educational Reform in the Early National Period, 1780-1837: 10:41 – 16:57
The Educational Vision of Horace Mann: 16:58 – 28:00
Opposition to Mann’s Reforms: 28:01 – 34:35
Progress Toward Mann’s Goals: 34:36 – 36:12
Background: 37:26 – 42:11
Charity Schools, Catholic Schools, and Common Schools in New York City: 42:12 – 54:51
Common and Free?: 54:52 – 1:01:53
The Free School Debates of 1850: 1:01:54 – 1:06:22
A Constitutional Challenge: 1:06:23 – 1:08:53
Decision: 1:08:54 – 1:12:25
Intro: 0:00 – 2:52
The Missouri Crisis: 7:37 – 12:28
Southern Opposition to the Tariff: 12:30 – 18:43
The “Subterranean Fire” of Slavery and Abolition: 18:45 – 22:30
Political Divisions: 24:37 – 28:31
The Compromise of 1850: 28:32 – 32:02
Diverging Regional Economies: 37:50 – 41:30
The Kansas-Nebraska Act: 41:32 – 44:36
The Rise of the Republicans: 44:37 – 48:56
Resolution in Kansas: 51:29 – 51:30
Southern Democrats, Northern Republicans: 54:54 – 59:55
South Carolina Secedes: 59:56 – 1:02:57
The Birth of the Confederacy: 1:02:57 – 1:04:48
Focus on Fort Sumter: 1:07:21 – 1:13:41
Intro: 0:00 – 6:26
Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan: 8:25 – 14:14
Presidential Reconstruction: 14:15 – 24:57
Radical Reconstruction: 24:59 – 35:08
The Ku Klux Klan: 42:08 – 44:40
“Redemption:” 48:25 – 52:11
The 1876 Election: 52:12 – 55:40
Paying for Public Education: 9:10 – 12:20
Reconstructing Virginia: 4:04 – 12:203
The Killing of Aaron Shelton: 12:21 – 18:56
The Trials of Burwell and Lee Reynolds: 18:57 – 26:51
“Rives’ Crusade:” 26:52 – 43:31
At the Supreme Court: 43:32 – 49:23
Intro: 00:00 – 04:03
The Party Ticket: 06:14 – 12:52
Political Machines and Corruption: 12:53 – 21:06
The Australian Ballot: 21:07 – 28:55
The Ballot Debate in California: 28:56 – 41:27
Intro: 0:00 – 04:38
A Revival of Union Activity in the 1830s: 08:50 – 11:09
Employer Opposition: 11:10 – 12:29
Economic Crisis and New Pressure to Reform: 12:30 – 15:15
A New Direction: 15:16 – 18:30
An Anthracite Union: 18:31 – 22:50
The WBA Collapses: 25:04 – 28:25
The Great Railroad Strike: 28:26 – 30:20
The Knights of Labor: 30:21 – 34:42
The American Federation of Labor: 34:43 – 35:51
Two Historic Strikes: 35:52 – 38:52
The Fight for the Labor Vote: 38:53 – 40:21
The Strike of 1900: 43:19 – 46:19
The Strike: 53:22 – 58:28
The Washington Conference: 1:01:07 – 1:04:30
Roosevelt Seeks a Solution: 1:04:31 – 1:07:10
Finally, a Compromise: 1:07:11 – 1:09:43
The Anthracite Commission: 1:09:44 – 1:15:37
Intro: 00:00 – 04:43
The Rise of American Meatpacking: 04:44 – 08:06
Dressed Beef and the Railroads: 08:07 – 09:37
The Early ICC : 16:30 – 18:45
The Larger Antitrust Movement : 22:36 – 27:20
The Quality of American Meats : 27:21 – 31:32
The Pure Food and Drug Movement : 31:33 – 35:45
The Muckrakers: 35:46 – 42:50
The Novel : 45:34 – 48:44
Publication and Reactions : 48:45 – 51:23
Threats to the Major Meatpackers : 51:24 – 53:45
Roosevelt versus the Beef Trus t: 53:46 – 57:30
Two Proposals Face Off : 1:00:05 – 1:07:50
Reaching a Compromise : 1:07:51 – 1:12:12
Intro: 00:00 – 2:45
Progressive-Era Reforms: 02:46 – 07:42
Pure Democracy: 07:43 – 13:36
“Fighting the Devil with Fire”: 13:37 – 21:50
The Oregon System: 21:51 – 31:33
Recall and Reorganization: 31:34 – 38:00
A City for the People: 38:01 – 43:44
The Representative Principle: 43:45 – 51:02
Beyond Oregon: 51:03 – 54:11
The Massachusetts Plan: 54:12 – 1:03:37
The Con. Con. and the Campaign: 1:03:38 – 1:11:03
Intro: 0:00 – 04:57
Marconi’s Invention: 04:58 – 07:56
The Roosevelt Board: 11:05 – 14:28
Early Radio Regulation: 14:29 – 23:00
The Economics of Early Broadcasting: 25:40 – 29:30
Allocating the Spectrum: 29:31 – 34:32
The House Passes a Bill: 42:57 – 46:22
The Senate Rewrite: 46:23 – 53:19
Tribune Co. v. Oak Leaves Broadcasting Station: 56:46 – 58:29
President Coolidge’s Decision: 1:07:13 – 1:08:09
Intro: 00:00 – 05:49
Security Affiliates and Investment Trusts: 08:00 – 10:50
Stock Market Manipulations: 10:51 – 14:25
The Committee Falters: 15:13 – 18:32
The Inquiry in Suspension: 18:33 – 20:50
Insull Inquiry: 20:21 – 25:45
National City Inquiry: 25:46 – 34:59
The Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933: 35:50 – 38:35
Exchange Control?: 41:52 – 43:15
Criticism and the Dickinson Committee: 43:16 – 44:20
The Securities Act of 1933: 38:36 – 41:51
J.P. Morgan and Company: 44:21 – 48:20
Chase National Bank: 48:21 – 52:25
The Dickinson Committee Report: 52:26 –54:30
Introduction of the Bill: 54:30 – 59:09
Whitney Responds: 59:10 – 1:04:30
Pecora Attacks the NYSE: 1:04:31 – 1:05:43
Whitney to Testify: 1:05:44 – 1:06:58
Intro: 0:00 – 8:17
The Rise and Fall of Black Voting in the South, 1867-1908: 8:17 – 29:48
Jim Crow: 29:48 – 32:50
The Changing Environment for Civil Rights, 1909-1960: 32:51 – 46:11
The Rise of the Civil Rights Movement, 1955-1960: 46:11 – 01:02:14
Civil Disobedience and Publicity, 1960-1963: 01:02:15 – 01:32:15
The Campaign for Voting Rights: 01:32:16 – 01:47:32
Intro: 0:00 – 3:04
Women’s Rights in the American Revolution and Early Republic: 3:06 – 13:48
The Petition Issue: 13:49 – 27:55
Women’s Rights in the 19th Century: 27:56 – 45:37
Votes for (White) Women: 45:38 – 51:25
Feminism and the Equal Rights Amendment: 51:25 – 1:07:28
The “Second Wave:” 1:07:30 – 1:18:03
The Era of the ERA: 1:18:03 – 1:27:43
Debate over the ERA, 1972-1982: 1:27:44 – 1:40:49
The ERA Fight in Florida: 1:40:49 – 1:45:53
Intro: 00:00 – 04:29
“A New Species of Political Society”: 06:29 – 09:40
The Push to Standardize: 09:41 – 12:09
The System Reconsidered: 12:10 – 17:52
The “Black Second”: 21:35 – 24:59
The Fusion Years and the Triumph of Racial Politics: 25:00 – 31:08
From Racial Gerrymandering to “One Person, One Vote”: 32:33 – 37:25
Problems of Interpretation: Vote Dilution and Discriminatory Intent: 41:25 – 46:38
The 1982 Amendments: “A Clear, Determinable Standard”?: 46:39 – 50:41
From the General Assembly to the Justice Department: 50:42 – 57:03
Creating A Second Majority-Black District: 57:04 – 1:02:18
The Elections of 1992: 1:06:20 – 1:08:57
Shaw v. Reno: 1:08:58 – 1:11:49

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James Madison, the 'Federal Negative,' and the Making of the U.S. Constitution

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Publication Date: February 10, 2016

Industry: Legal services industry

Source: Harvard Business School

On June 8th, 1787, at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, delegates from across the United States began discussing a curious proposal to expand federal power over the states. James Madison of Virginia had suggested that the new constitution include a "federal negative," which would give Congress the authority to veto any law passed by a state legislature. He viewed this as a critical safeguard against unchecked power at the state level. In late May, Madison's Virginia delegation had presented a plan for the constitution that included a watered-down version of the negative. Now, in June, Charles Pinckney of South Carolina revived the original version, calling it "the corner stone of an efficient national Government." Not everyone agreed with Pinckney's assessment, however. Opponents charged that Madison's federal negative would allow Congress to "enslave the states" and let "large States crush the small ones." Indeed, the question of how much power - and what types of power - to vest in the federal government went to the very heart of the debate that unfolded that summer. Whether Madison could persuade his fellow delegates at the Constitutional Convention was far from clear, but there could be little doubt how much was at stake as the new nation struggled to find its footing in Philadelphia.