Tag: America Constitutional History
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Nineteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment in the United States Nineteenth Amendment in the U.S. Legal History Summary Passed in 1920, the Constitutional guarantee of women’s right to vote.
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Nineteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment in the United States Nineteenth Amendment in the U.S. Legal History Summary Passed in 1920, the Constitutional guarantee of women’s right to vote.
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Second Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress in the United States Second Continental Congress in the U.S. Legal History Summary This body gathered in Philadelphia during May 1775 after the shooting war with Great Britain had started. The second Congress functioned as a coordinating government for the colonies […]
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Second Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress in the United States Second Continental Congress in the U.S. Legal History Summary This body gathered in Philadelphia during May 1775 after the shooting war with Great Britain had started. The second Congress functioned as a coordinating government for the colonies […]
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John Adams
John Adams in the United States Adams, John (1735_1826) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled ADAMS, JOHN (1735_1826) Massachusetts lawyer and revolutionary leader, first vice-president and second President of the United […]
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John Adams
John Adams in the United States Adams, John (1735_1826) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled ADAMS, JOHN (1735_1826) Massachusetts lawyer and revolutionary leader, first vice-president and second President of the United […]
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Plessy V. Ferguson
Plessy V. Ferguson in the United States Plessy v. Ferguson in the U.S. Legal History Summary A Supreme Court decision in 1896 that ruled separate but equal facilities for African Americans were constitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment, it had the effect of legalizing segregation and led […]
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Loose Interpretation
Loose Interpretation in the United States Loose Interpretation in the U.S. Legal History Summary The view that the national government has the power to create agencies or enact statutes to fulfill the powers granted by the U.S. Constitution.
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James Madison
James Madison in the United States Madison, James (1751_1836) James Madison: The Father of the Constitution Of great modesty and short stature, James Madison (1751-1836) was easily overlooked. But his philosophical mind and practical political sense made him indispensable to the infant […]
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James Madison
James Madison in the United States Madison, James (1751_1836) James Madison: The Father of the Constitution Of great modesty and short stature, James Madison (1751-1836) was easily overlooked. But his philosophical mind and practical political sense made him indispensable to the infant […]
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National Woman Suffrage Association
National Woman Suffrage Association in the United States National Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in the U.S. Legal History Summary An organization formed in 1890 from two factions of the suffrage movement, it sought a constitutional amendment to grant women the right to vote throughout the […]
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Hartford Convention
Hartford Convention in the United States Hartford Convention (December 15, 1814_January 5, 1815) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 503 HARTFORD CONVENTION (December 15, 1814_January 5, 1815) The Hartford Convention, […]