The Rebel Rousers
Civics & Coffee: A History Podcast
11/07/20
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John Adams, John Hancock and... Josiah Quincy? This week I talk about three of the many individuals who participated in the run up to the American Revolution. All three men knew each other throughout their lives and their proximation to Boston could be seen as one of the reasons Massachusetts gets all the revolutionary ink. Grab your coffee and hang with me while I dive into the roles these rebels played.
Sources Used This Episode:
- American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution by Nina Sankovitch
- 1774: The Long Year of Revolution by Mary Beth Norton
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BONUS EPISODE - Election Day - A Voting History
November 3, 2020
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Happy Voting day! I couldn't pass up the opportunity to give you all a bonus episode on one of the most historic civic duties in American history - voting. This is an episode all about the history of voting in the United States. I will cover how many individuals fought for the right to vote and why your ability to exercise your franchise may not be as protected as you may think.
I chat about the 15th, 19th and 24th Amendments as well as the Snyder Act and the history behind the term "grandfathered in." Tune in - and go vote!
**Episode marked explicit since I drop the "a" word once or twice**
Sources Used This Episode:
Voting Rights for Native Americans - The Library of Congress
Link: https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/elections/right-to-vote/voting-rights-for-native-americans/
Voter Fraud Study - The Heritage Foundation
Link: https://www.heritage.org/voterfraud
The Racial History of the Grandfather Clause by Alan Greenblat, NPR
Link: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/10/21/239081586/the-racial-history-of-the-grandfather-clause
The Missing Right: A Constitutional Right to Vote by Jonathon Soros, Democracy Journal
Link: https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/28/the-missing-right-a-constitutional-right-to-vote/
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The World's Fair - Part 1 (Listener Request)
November 14, 2020
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Shout out to listener Stacey who reached out and ask that I cover the history of the World's Fairs in the United States.
There have been A LOT of them - and a lot of cool and amazing advancements have come about thanks to these demonstrations of new ideas, inventions and national pride. So much, in fact, that this will be a multi-part episode.
This week I cover the origins of World's Fairs, what brought them to the United States and how they differed from their counterparts. Enjoy!
Sources Used This Episode:
- Bureau of International Exhibitions, Philadelphia (LINK)
- The Free Library of of Philadelphia, Digital Collections: Centennial Exhibition (LINK)
- Women's Pavilions, 1876 Centennial Exhibition by Lucy Davis, The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia (LINK)
- Philadelphia’s 1876 Centennial Exhibition by Linda P. Gross, Theresa R. Snyder
- The Great Exhibition 1851 by Ben Johnson, Historic UK: The History and Heritage Accommodation Guide (LINK)
- Exhibition in the Palace: A Bibliographic Essay by Earle E. Coleman
- "The Exhibition of the Industries of all Nations," AmericasBestHistory.com (LINK)
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