HIST 357 The U.S. Congress (Not offered 1997-98)
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This seminar will look at American political, constitutional, diplomatic, and 
social history through the prism of the United States Congress. Topics include 
Congress under the Articles and Constitution, the institutional development 
of Congress, the emergence of the Senate in the early nineteenth century, Congress 
during the Civil War and Gilded Age, and various aspects of congressional history 
since 1900. Extensive use will be made of congressional documents. 
Evaluation will be based on class participation, class presentations and short 
papers, and a research paper.
Group A
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	R. JOHNSON
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