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made him go is a causative construction, in which the verb following the causative verb appears in its bare infinitive form (the to-infinitive without the to): causative verb + object + bare infinitive.
Your other two examples are not causative constructions; insist is not a causative verb.
For the sake of clarity, let's change your second Iin each of these sentences to he. Let's also put back the elliptical that in your that-clauses . . .
I insisted that he speak to the manager is a subjunctive mood construction. The verb following insisted is in its subjunctive form. (OK, it looks just like a bare infinitive, but that is a conversation for another day). Here, you were imploring someone to do something that they may or may not have ended up doing. You could also say I insist that he speak to the manager to use the subjunctive mood in present circumstances.
I insisted that he spoke the the manager is an ordinary indicative mood, past tense construction. Here, you were stating emphatically to someone that he did indeed speak to the manager.
Your other two examples are not causative constructions; insist is not a causative verb.
For the sake of clarity, let's change your second Iin each of these sentences to he. Let's also put back the elliptical that in your that-clauses . . .
I insisted that he speak to the manager is a subjunctive mood construction. The verb following insisted is in its subjunctive form. (OK, it looks just like a bare infinitive, but that is a conversation for another day). Here, you were imploring someone to do something that they may or may not have ended up doing. You could also say I insist that he speak to the manager to use the subjunctive mood in present circumstances.
I insisted that he spoke the the manager is an ordinary indicative mood, past tense construction. Here, you were stating emphatically to someone that he did indeed speak to the manager.
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