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THE IMPAIRMENT OF AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES

1914-1925

BY

JOHN WELDON HOOT

A Thesis Submitted for the Degree of
MASTER OF ARTS

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

1926

409975

27 1931

AWM
·H7688

CONTENTS

Chapter

Introduction--

I. The State of American Civil Liberties

1798 to 1914---

II. Federal Laws Abridging Civil Liberties-

III. State Laws Abridging Civil Liberties--

IV. The Administration of Federal Justice-

V. American Civil Liberties Since 1921---.

VI. Summary and Conclusion.

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