-Prior to the Civil War, how did the (dominant) discourse over the United States’ future reach a crisis point? What were the arguments regarding the Constitutionality of slavery and notions of citizenship?  How did relative definitions of liberty/freedom/equality become irreconcilable? .

1. -Prior to the Civil War, how did the (dominant) discourse over
the United States’ future reach a crisis point? What were the
arguments regarding the Constitutionality of slavery and notions
of citizenship? How did relative definitions of
liberty/freedom/equality become irreconcilable?