American Government

 

 

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Class Materials and Recordings

 

WEEK 35 (The Final Week!)

• American Government – Lecture 65: Corporatism and Technocratic Socialism
• American Government – Lecture 64: From the Great Depression to the Great Recession

WEEK 34

• American Government – Lecture 63: The Political Economy of the Great Depression
• American Government – Lecture 62: The (Partly) Regulated Economy and the Great Depression

WEEK 33

• American Government – Lecture 61: Planning for the End of the Year
• American Government – Lecture 60: Substantive Due Process

WEEK 32

• American Government – Lecture 59: The Holmes Dissent and the Rise of Modern Political Economy
• American Government – Lecture 58: The Rise of Modern Political Economy
• Link: Lochner v. New York (Wikipedia)

WEEK 31

• American Government – Lecture 57: The Sherman Antitrust Act, Continued
• Handout: Congressional Record, 1890 – Excerpted and Annotated (PDF)

WEEK 30

• American Government – Lecture 56: The Sherman Antitrust Act
• American Government – Lecture 55: The Process of Regulation

 

WEEK 29

• American Government – Lecture 54: The Socialization of American Government
• American Government – Lecture 53: Socialism in America

• Handout: Socialism in America, Eugene Debs (PDF)

 

WEEK 28

• American Government – Lecture 52: The Communist Manifesto and the Socialist Theory of Rights, Part 2
• American Government – Lecture 51: The Communist Manifesto and the Socialist Theory of Rights, Part 1

 

WEEK 27

• Handout: The Communist Manifesto, Part 1 – Excerpted (PDF)
• American Government – Lecture 50: Rights and Government, Part 5
• American Government – Lecture 49: Rights and Government, Part 4

WEEK 26

• • American Government – Lecture 48: Forever War (Google Drive)
  • American Government – Lecture 47: President Bush’s “War on Terror” (Google Drive)

WEEK 25

• • American Government – Lecture 46: Terrorism (1979-2001)  (Google Drive)
  • American Government – Lecture 45: Islamism and Terrorism (Google Drive)

WEEK 24

• Handout: George W. Bush – State of the Union – Sep.22, 2001 (Excerpted, PDF)
• American Government – Lecture 44: The Rise of Islamism (Google Drive)
• American Government – Lecture 43: The War on Terror (2001-) (Google Drive)
• Because of Youtube’s censorship policies, lessons 43-48 cannot be hosted on Youtube. You may be able to stream or play the same files from Google Drive. However, because such files can be enormous, only the unprocessed files are available, and you will need to scroll past the initial informalities to get to the actual lesson material. –Mr. Powell

WEEK 23

• American Government – Lecture 42: The CIA and the Iberosphere
• (The recording say “Lecture 43,” which is incorrect.)
• American Government – Lecture 41: Covert (and Overt) Operations, Continued

WEEK 22

• American Government – Lecture 40: Covert (and Overt) Operations
• American Government – Lecture 39: The Central Intelligence Agency

WEEK 21

• American Government – Lecture 38: War and Peace, Part 2
• American Government – Lecture 37: War and Peace

WEEK 20

• American Government – Lecture 36: Arver v. United States, Part 2
• American Government – Lecture 35: Arver v. United States, Part 1

WEEK 19

• American Government – Lecture 34: Daniel Webster Against Conscription, Part 2
• American Government – Lecture 33: Daniel Webster Against Conscription

WEEK 18

• American Government – Lecture 32: Conscription Before WWI
• Handout: 1814 Speech by Daniel Webster Against Conscription (PDF) 
• American Government – Lecture 31: World War I…

WEEK 17

• American Government – Lecture 30: Bryan, Part 2
• American Government – Lecture 29: William Jennings Bryan

 

WEEK 16

• American Government – Lecture 28: Political Separation, Continued
• American Government – Lecture 27: Political Separation from Monroe to Bryan

WEEK 15

• American Government – Lecture 26: Wars and Foreign Policy Milestones, 2
• American Government – Lecture 25: Wars and Foreign Policy Milestones, 1
• Handout – Teller Amendment, 1898 (PDF)
• Handout – William Jennings Bryan: Imperialism Speech, 1900 (Excerpted, PDF)

 

WEEK 14

• American Government – Lecture 24: The Social Contract, 4 of 4
• American Government – Lecture 23: The Social Contract, 3

 

WEEK 13

• American Government – Lecture 22: The Social (Subjective) Theory of Rights, Part 2
• American Government – Lecture 21: The Social (Subjective) Theory of Rights

• Handout: Jean-Jacques Rousseau – The Social Contract, Book 1 (Excerpt, PDF)

 

WEEK 12

• American Government – Lecture 20: Voting and the Social Contract, 2

• American Government – Lecture 19: Voting and the Social Contract

 

WEEK 11

• American Government – Lecture 18: From Natural Rights to Civil Rights, Continued

• American Government – Lecture 17: From Natural Rights to Civil Rights

 

WEEK 10

• American Government – Lecture 16: Checks and Balances
• American Government Handout – Madison’s Federalist No. 51, Excerpt (PDF)

• American Government – Lecture 15: The Popular Vote Compact

 

WEEK 9

• American Government – Lecture 14: The History of the Electoral College, Part 2
• American Government – Lecture 13: The History of the Electoral College

 

WEEK 8

• American Government – Lecture 12: Federalist No.68

• American Government – Lecture 11: The Electoral College

• American Government Handout – Hamilton’s Federalist No.68 – Excerpted (PDF)

 

WEEK 7

• American Government – Lecture 10: Madison and the Bill of Rights
• American Government – Lecture 9: Republican Government

• American Government Handout – Madison’s Speech Proposing the Bill of Rights – Excerpt (PDF)

 

WEEK 6

• American Government – Lecture 8: Federalist No.10, Part 2

• American Government – Lecture 7: Federalist No.10

 

WEEK 5

• American Government – Lecture 6: Natural Rights and Federalism
• American Government Handout – Federalist No.10 (PDF)

• American Government – Lecture 5: Rights and Government, Part 3

 

WEEK 4

• American Government – Lecture 4: Rights and Government, Part 2

• American Government – Lecture 3: Rights and Government, Part 1
• American Government – Diagram of the Federal Government (PDF)
• American Government – The Big Picture (PDF)

 

WEEK 3

Government classes began in Week 3 of the academic year. 

• American Government – Lecture 2: Setting the Context
• American Government – Lecture 1: Introduction