Every Constitutional Crisis (in American History)

Multi-hour lecture on each constitutional crisis in American History, including the Election of 1800, the Nullification Crisis, Tyler's Succession Crisis, Dred Scott + Civil War, Compromise of 1877, FDR's Court-packing plan, Watergate, and Bush v Gore.
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00:00-00:35 Intro
00:36-1:50:46 Election 1800
1:50:47-2:23:28 Nullification crisis
2:23:29-2:50:58 John Tyler VP
2:50:59-3:27:17 Dred Scott Decision
3:27:18-4:14:15 The Civil War
4:14:16-5:06:51 Compromise of 1877
5:06:52-5:42:34 FDR Court-packing Plan
5:42:35-6:27:24 Nixon & Watergate
6:27:25-6:59:29 Bush v Gore 2000 Election
6:59:30-7:11:18 Takeaway

Lecture sources:

Election 1800
A Magnificent Catastrophe by Larson, 2007
Adams vs Jefferson by Ferling, 2004
Jefferson's Second Revolution by Dunn, 2005
Friends Divided by Wood, 2017
Empire of Liberty by Wood, 2009
John Adams by McCullough, 2001

Nullification
American Lion by Jon Meacham, 2008
Andrew Jackson by H. W. Brands, 2005
The Union at Risk by Ellis, 1989

Tyler ascends to VP
The Political Crisis of the 1850s by Holt, 1978
The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party by Holt, 1999
The American President by Kunhardt, 1999
John Tyler: Champion of the Old South 1990 by Chitwood
John Tyler, the Accidental President 2006 by Crapol
John Tyler 2008 by Gary May
President without a Party 2020 by Leahy

Dred + Civil War
Dred Scott v. Sandford a brief... by Finkelman
Slavery, Law, and Politics... by Fehrenbacher (abridgement)
You Are Not American by Frost

Hayes 1876-1877
Centennial Crisis by Rehnquist
Fraud of the century by Morris
Reconstruction 1863-1877 by Foner
Rutherford B. Hayes by Trefousse
Black reconstruction in America by Du Bois 1935

Court-packing Plan
FDR v. The Constitution by Solomon
FDRs Gambit by Kalman
The New Deal 1933-40 by Badger

Watergate
All the Presidents Men
The Final Days
Watergate the presidential scandal... by Olson
Watergate A Brief History with Documents, 2nd Edition Kutler

Election 2000
Bush v. Gore by Zelden
Bush v. Gore: The Court Cases and the Commentary E.J. Dionne
Oral Arguments Bush v. Gore

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