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The Convention
$200
This person was a Founding Father and the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
$400
This historical subject was a 1787 meeting of U.S. state delegates.
$600
This document or agreement was a proposed plan of government for the United States presented at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
$800
This document or agreement was a proposal for the structure of the United States government presented during the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
$1000
This document or agreement was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution.
Core Principles
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This historical subject is the concept of a government limited in power.
$400
This historical subject was a division of a state's government into branches.
$600
This document or agreement was an agreement reached during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention over the inclusion of slaves in counting a state's total population.
$800
This historical subject is the principle that the leaders of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political legitimacy.
$1000
This historical subject is the constitutional division of power between U.S. state governments and the federal government of the United States.
Legislative Branch
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This historical subject was a clause in the U.S. constitution.
$400
This historical subject is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States.
$600
This historical subject is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the United States Senate being the upper house.
$800
This historical subject is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, and the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house.
$1000
This historical subject is a type of legislature that is divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature.
Executive and Courts
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This historical subject is the head of state and head of government of the United States.
$400
This historical subject is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.
$600
This document or agreement was a portion of the U.S. Constitution regarding the executive branch and impeachment.
$800
This historical subject is one of the three branches of the U.S. federal government organized under the U.S. Constitution and laws of the federal government.
$1000
This historical subject is the legal power of a court to determine if a statute, treaty, or administrative regulation contradicts or violates the provisions of existing law, a state constitution, or ultimately the United States Constitution.
Ratification Debate
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This historical subject is an essay written by James Madison or Alexander Hamilton, the fifty-first of The Federalist Papers.
$400
These documents were a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym Publius to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
$600
This historical subject is an essay written by James Madison as the tenth of The Federalist Papers, a series of essays initiated by Alexander Hamilton arguing for the ratification of the United States Constitution.
$800
This historical subject was a conservative and nationalist American political party and the first known political party in the United States.
$1000
This historical subject was a late-18th-century group in the United States advancing a political movement that opposed the creation of a stronger federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.
Bill of Rights
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This law was a first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
$400
This constitutional amendment was a 1791 amendment enumerating due process rights.
$600
This constitutional amendment was a 1791 amendment enumerating states' rights.
$800
This constitutional amendment was a 1791 amendment prohibiting unreasonable searches and seizures.
$1000
This constitutional amendment was a 1791 amendment limiting government restriction of civil liberties.
