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Fear of Faction

The Founding Fathers were very concerned about factions, or political parties.

09/05/2018 | Rating NR

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Fear of Faction

Clip: 9/5/2018 | 3m 11sVideo has Closed Captions

The Founding Fathers were very concerned about factions, or political parties.

Ron Seyb of Skidmore College explains why the early Americans had so many concerns about political parties, which they called "factions."

09/05/2018 | Rating NR

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