Search results for "History of the United States Constitution" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Constitutional law is the foundational body of law of nation states ... These foundational or basic laws of states or organizations, guided ...11 KB (1,572 words) - 16:59, 21 April 2021
- (May 20, 1825 – November 5, 1921), was the first woman to be ordained ... The honor of being the first woman to be ordained as a Christian minister ...8 KB (1,157 words) - 06:47, 31 July 2023
- by James Madison or Alexander Hamilton, the fifty-fourth of The Federalist ... Titled, "The Apportionment of Members Among the States" ...15 KB (2,066 words) - 01:55, 26 March 2024
- The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the ... This compromise was viewed in its day as one of the most important ...9 KB (1,362 words) - 19:18, 9 November 2022
- reformer and social activist, leader of the women's suffrage movement ... Woodlake, Kentucky and grew up at Ashland, the farm established by her great ...7 KB (1,006 words) - 04:55, 5 November 2022
- The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government ... Arguably the single most important piece of legislation passed by ...10 KB (1,533 words) - 06:38, 16 November 2022
- was a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ... The Supreme Court overturned Griswold's conviction and invalidated ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 05:50, 25 February 2023
- either James Madison or Alexander Hamilton, the fifty-fifth of The Federalist ... The essay addresses critics' objections to the relatively small ...13 KB (1,792 words) - 01:55, 26 March 2024
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 in United States created the territories ... The act was designed by Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois ...12 KB (1,759 words) - 02:44, 5 October 2022
- and economist, famous for his analysis of British Parliament and money ... 3, 1826, in Langport, Somerset, England, the son of a local banker. He ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 22:11, 3 May 2023
- The Alien and Sedition Acts were four laws passed by the United States ... The most controversial of the four statutes was the Sedition Act, ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 18:22, 21 July 2023
- Federalist No. 78 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the seventy-eighth ... Titled "The Judiciary Department", Federalist No. 78 was ...16 KB (2,527 words) - 18:47, 4 October 2023
- Bleeding Kansas, sometimes referred to in history as Bloody Kansas ... In all, approximately 63 people died in Bleeding Kansas. The term ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 18:13, 31 October 2023
- Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark United States ... The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1, with the majority ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 08:04, 24 November 2022
- Federalist No. 4, titled "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning ... Federalist No. 4 addresses the possibility of European nations engaging ...15 KB (2,183 words) - 01:54, 26 March 2024
- The Bill of Rights 1689 is an English Act of Parliament with the full ... The Bill of Rights 1689 is largely a statement of certain positive ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- Federalist No. 68 is the 68th essay of The Federalist Papers, and ... Throughout its proceedings, the US Constitutional Convention of 1787 ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 17:11, 8 October 2023
- Federalist No. 5, titled "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning ... Federalist No. 5 addresses the idea of states forming regional confederacies ...14 KB (1,988 words) - 01:54, 26 March 2024
- Arthur Middleton (June 26, 1742 - January 1, 1787) was one of the ... The son of Henry Middleton, one of South Carolina's representatives ...10 KB (1,479 words) - 11:12, 16 August 2023
- Federalist No. 3, titled "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning ... treaties more consistently than individual states. He also argues that state ...17 KB (2,445 words) - 01:54, 26 March 2024
