American Tales with Dustin Bass

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American Tales is a podcast designed to explore the world through American history. This podcast will unearth the things you know, the things you thought you knew, the things you’ve forgotten, and the things you were never told. This is a podcast about great American stories. About American adventures and the adventurers. It’s not just about the political and military leaders — but it’s about the architects, the painters, the scientists, the engineers, the baseball players, singers, writers, fighters, tinkerers, and everyone else in between.

How Political Infighting Produced the Bill of Rights and a Controversial Map

Differing political philosophies instigated the American Revolution, but after defeating the British, new, yet familiar philosophies butted heads. As Federalists and Antifederalists faced off in literary and verbal spars, a most important Founding Father switched sides. The ongoing political conflicts would soon result in one of the most controversial and enduring political maneuvers in American history. Recommended reading: Gerrymandering in America: The House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Popular Sovereignty by Cambridge University Press. Cartoon - ⁠https://www.si.edu/object/cartoon-gerry-mander-1813%3Anmah_509530⁠ [https://www.si.edu/object/cartoon-gerry-mander-1813%3Anmah_509530] Brief history - ⁠https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/gerrymandering-explained?ceid=%7B%7BContactsEmailID%7D%7D&emci=946d3453-90d5-ed11-8e8b-00224832eb73&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&utm_medium=PANTHEON_STRIPPED⁠ [https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/gerrymandering-explained?ceid=%7B%7BContactsEmailID%7D%7D&emci=946d3453-90d5-ed11-8e8b-00224832eb73&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&utm_medium=PANTHEON_STRIPPED] Elbridge Gerry - ⁠https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2018/06/21/the-gerry-in-gerrymandering/⁠ [https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2018/06/21/the-gerry-in-gerrymandering/] Gerry bio - ⁠https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/spring/gerry.html⁠ [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/spring/gerry.html] Short Gerry bio - ⁠https://www.nga.org/governor/elbridge-gerry/⁠ [https://www.nga.org/governor/elbridge-gerry/] First gerrymander - ⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/23546676?read-now=1&seq=5#page_scan_tab_contents⁠ [https://www.jstor.org/stable/23546676?read-now=1&seq=5#page_scan_tab_contents] Redistricting reform act - ⁠https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2670⁠ [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2670] Madison timeline - ⁠https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-madison-papers/articles-and-essays/james-madison-timeline-1751-to-1836/1784-to-1807/⁠ [https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-madison-papers/articles-and-essays/james-madison-timeline-1751-to-1836/1784-to-1807/] Washington gallows quote - ⁠https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/political-writings-of-george-washington/to-joseph-reed-president-of-the-supreme-executive-council-of-pennsylvania-december-12-1778-excerpt/07E587064BF8A503DB32AD985D1F8BAA⁠ [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/political-writings-of-george-washington/to-joseph-reed-president-of-the-supreme-executive-council-of-pennsylvania-december-12-1778-excerpt/07E587064BF8A503DB32AD985D1F8BAA] Brutus - ⁠https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/brutus-essay-no-1#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBrutus%E2%80%9D%20was%20the%20pseudonym%20for,a%20New%20York%20state%20judge⁠ [https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/brutus-essay-no-1#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBrutus%E2%80%9D%20was%20the%20pseudonym%20for,a%20New%20York%20state%20judge]. Antifederalist essays - ⁠https://history.nycourts.gov/about_period/antifederalist-papers/⁠ [https://history.nycourts.gov/about_period/antifederalist-papers/] 89-79 vote on pg 5 (785) - ⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/23546676?read-now=1&seq=5⁠ [https://www.jstor.org/stable/23546676?read-now=1&seq=5] New York Convention - ⁠https://archive.csac.history.wisc.edu/ny_ratifies_the_constitution.pdf⁠ [https://archive.csac.history.wisc.edu/ny_ratifies_the_constitution.pdf] Bill of Rights - ⁠https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights/how-did-it-happen#:~:text=Introducing%20the%20Bill%20of%20Rights%20in%20the%20First%20Congress&text=But%20James%20Madison%2C%20once%20the,relentlessly%E2%80%9D%20to%20secure%20its%20passage⁠ [https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights/how-did-it-happen#:~:text=Introducing%20the%20Bill%20of%20Rights%20in%20the%20First%20Congress&text=But%20James%20Madison%2C%20once%20the,relentlessly%E2%80%9D%20to%20secure%20its%20passage]. Signers of Const - ⁠https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-constitution/#:~:text=On%20September%2017%2C%201787%2C%2039,slavery%20and%20the%20slave%20trade⁠ [https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-constitution/#:~:text=On%20September%2017%2C%201787%2C%2039,slavery%20and%20the%20slave%20trade]. Unanimous rejection - ⁠https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/demand-for-a-bill-of-rights.html#:~:text=In%20the%20final%20days%20of%20the%20Constitutional%20Convention%2C%20as%20delegates,little%20debate%2C%20the%20proposal%20was⁠ [https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/demand-for-a-bill-of-rights.html#:~:text=In%20the%20final%20days%20of%20the%20Constitutional%20Convention%2C%20as%20delegates,little%20debate%2C%20the%20proposal%20was] Mass 187-167 - ⁠https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/spring/gerry.html⁠ [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/spring/gerry.html] Madison first election - ⁠https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-11-02-0219⁠ [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-11-02-0219] Madison to antifederalist voter - ⁠https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-11-02-0297⁠ [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-11-02-0297] Federalist resurgence - ⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/24768844?read-now=1&seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents⁠ [https://www.jstor.org/stable/24768844?read-now=1&seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents] Gerrymander - ⁠https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/02/elbridge-gerry-and-the-monstrous-gerrymander/⁠ [https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/02/elbridge-gerry-and-the-monstrous-gerrymander/] Patrick Henry short - ⁠https://www.lva.virginia.gov/exhibits/political/patrick_henry.htm⁠ [https://www.lva.virginia.gov/exhibits/political/patrick_henry.htm] Virginia ratifying convention - ⁠https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/oc/stc/entries/virginia-ratifying-convention-journal-june-25-1788#:~:text=This%20broadside%20published%20Virginia's%20decision,of%20America%20to%20do%20so⁠ [https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/oc/stc/entries/virginia-ratifying-convention-journal-june-25-1788#:~:text=This%20broadside%20published%20Virginia's%20decision,of%20America%20to%20do%20so]. Madison as Secretary - ⁠https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/madison-james⁠ [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/madison-james]

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