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American History is discussed and reviewed with cause and effect relationships and long term implications. This is part of a larger series of podcasts and videos available at www.buschistory.net and a... more
FAQs about AP US History Buschistory David Busch:How many episodes does AP US History Buschistory David Busch have?The podcast currently has 28 episodes available.
October 03, 2018The Obama AdministrationThis episode chronicles events during the Obama administration. It includes the Great Recession, the various domestic programs employed to get the U.S. out of the recession, DACA, The Affordable Care Act, various credit and banking reforms, and efforts to mitigate the deficit and debt. Foreign policy includes relations with Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia, etc....more35minPlay
January 11, 2018Supreme Court 14 Roe V Wade 1973What are a woman's rights when it comes to her body - in this case abortion. As controversial case as any - the Supreme court must decide if the 14th Amendment's Due Process clause extends to a woman's right to have an abortion. The decision favored Roe in this landmark case. With the ruling the controversy did not die. Some states continue to reexamine the decision and seek greater restrictions on abortion....more3minPlay
January 11, 2018Supreme Court 13 The New York Times V The United StatesThis first amendment case deals with the ability of the Federal government to restrain the press from printing information that the government deems damaging. In this case Daniel Ellsberg is providing research to the New York Times and the Washington Post about lies, incompetence, and the Vietnam war. The articles in both the Times and the Post, show that the US government lied to the American people about the conduct and status of the Vietnam War. The Nixon administration tried to stop the publication of the articles....more4minPlay
December 30, 2017Supreme Court 12 Tinker v Des Moines 1969The classic First Amendment case. Do students surrender their right of free speech and expression when they enter the school building? The 7-2 decision will affirm that freedom of expression is protected under the First Amendment, and it extends to students in public schools....more4minPlay
December 18, 2017Supreme Court 11 Miranda V. ArizonaThis is the landmark case that decides the rights of the accused. Miranda confessed - doesn't that make him guilty? One would think - but what if the proper procedure wasn't followed? What if he didn't know he had the right to remain silent? That is the focus of this very important case. A 5-4 decision for Miranda adds to the controversy....more6minPlay
December 18, 2017Supreme Court 10 Engle V. VitaleThis cases deals with the Establishment Clause of religion as outlined in the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Can the government mandate a voluntary prayer in schools? While seemingly obvious - the Supreme court decided that the "voluntary prayer" violated the First Amendment. 6-1 decision...more3minPlay
October 21, 2017Supreme Court 9 Brown V Board of Education 1954This landmark case is one of the pillars of the modern Civil Rights movement. In order to overturn Plessey 1896 the NAACP needed to prove that separate could never be equal. It took Linda Brown, some dolls, and Thurgood Marshall to demonstrate the inferiority that Black America felt regardless of how "equal" the separate facility was....more9minPlay
October 18, 2017Supreme Court 8 Korematsu V. The United StatesDid the U.S. government have the right to round up and detain Japanese American citizens during World War II? Did they present a danger and did the U.S. government act reasonably. Fred Korematsu didn't think so. After Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 Korematsu had plastic surgery and tried to conceal his identity. Korematsu was arrested and convicted of violating the local Civilian Exclusion order. He appealed to the Supreme court. The Supreme court upheld the conviction ruling that the government can take extraordinary measures in times of war. It was later looked on as a national shame....more5minPlay
October 18, 2017Supreme Court 7 Schenck v. The U.S.The Russian Revolution and World War I launched the U.S. into a Red Scare. Fearing foreign influence the Espionage and Sedition Acts were passed. In essence they forbid interference with the war effort through making false statements or promoting disloyalty. Charles Schenck was the General Secretary of the U.S. Socialist party. In 1917, just when the U.S. entered World War I, he helped print and distribute over 15,000 leaflets urging men to resist the draft. He was arrested and charged with violating the Espionage Act. Sentenced to ten years in prison he appealed to the Supreme Court who upheld the conviction....more5minPlay
October 12, 2017Supreme Court 6 - Plessey V. Ferguson 1896In the shadow of Reconstruction lived Homer Plessey. During the Jim Crowe era southern states found ways to impose highly restrictive regulations on Black society. One principal method was to restrict Blacks from mixing with Whites. Separate facilities dominated the South and Homer Plessey would test whether Louisiana's segregation regulations were Constitutional. The court ultimately ruled that Separate but Equal facilities were legal. This decision became the precedent to allow segregation throughout the South and was upheld until 1954....more7minPlay
FAQs about AP US History Buschistory David Busch:How many episodes does AP US History Buschistory David Busch have?The podcast currently has 28 episodes available.