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American Government

 Topics include, but are not limited to:
  • U.S. Constitution
  • Federalism
  • National, state, and local government
  • The branches of government
  • Political parties
  • Interest groups
  • Voting and elections
  • Public opinion and the role of the media
  • Political economy
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Resources: Founding

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Declaration of Independence

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U.S. Constitution

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Federalist Papers

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Anti-Federalist Papers

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Philadelphia Convention

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James Wilson: State House Speech

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Articles of Confederation

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Writings of James Madison

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Writings of Thomas Jefferson

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Writings of John Adams

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Writings of Thomas Paine

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George Washington Farewell Address

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Resources: 19th Century

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Writings of Abraham Lincoln

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Writings of Frederick Douglass

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Literature of the American Civil War

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Sojourner Truth

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Resources: 20th Century

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M.L.K. "I Have a Dream..."

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Online Videos

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Electoral College

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Federalism

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Constitutional Convention

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Jim Crow

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Landmark Cases C-Span

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Marbury v. Madison (1803)

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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

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Scott v. Sandford (1857)

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The Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)

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Civil Rights Cases (1883)

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Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)

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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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Lochner v. New York (1905)

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Schenck v. United States (1919)

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Korematsu v. United States (1944)

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Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer (1952)

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Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

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Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

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Baker v. Carr (1962)

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Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

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Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

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Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

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Katz v. United States (1967)

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Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

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Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)

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New York Times v. United States (1971)

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Roe v. Wade (1973)

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Gregg v. Georgia (1976)

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Regents of the Univ. of CA vs. Bakke (1978)

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Open Source and Online Textbooks

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American Government  (Lenz & Holman, 2013)

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21st Century American Government (Paletz)

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American Government and Politics in the Information Age (Information Only)

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Boundless Political Science (Information Only)

 

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Online Resources

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The First Amendment Encyclopedia

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Library of Congress

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Congress.Gov

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Document Collections

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The Avalon Project

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Polling and Research

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Pew Research

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Gallup Poll

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Quinnipiac University Polling

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Public Policy Polling

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Rasmussen Reports

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Landmark Supreme Court Decisions

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Marbury v. Madison (1803)

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Dred Scott v. Sandford (1856)

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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

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Schenck v. United States (1919)

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Korematsu v. United States (1944)

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Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

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Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

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Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

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Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

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Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

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Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

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Roe v. Wade (1973)

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United States v. Nixon (1974)

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New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)

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Texas v. Johnson (1989)

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Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

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Citizens United v. F.E.C. (2010)

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Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)

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Open Online Courses

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Yale: The American Revolution

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Yale: Introduction to Political Philosophy

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