01:512:402 American Constitutional History to 1865

Academic Credits: 3
Mode of Instruction: Lecture
Syllabus: pdf Fall 2022 (220 KB)

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Course Description

Study of the origins of the American Constitutional system: American Revolution; Constitutional Convention of 1787; Bill of Rights; Marshall and Taney courts; slavery, racism, and the Civil War.

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Course Description