First, the ratification of the 1787 Constitution, which established a republican form of government. Next, the ratification of the Bill of Rights, to create explicit protections for individual ...

The original draft is currently tucked away at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, but will soon be on ...

Each is part of the Constitution. The last amendment to be ratified is the 27th Amendment. This amendment was ratified over two centuries after the original Constitution was ratified.

Students then view five video clips that detail the implications that the original U.S. Constitution has on federal elections and five ways in which the American federal election system is anomalous.

Students then view four video clips that detail the implications that the original U.S. Constitution and existing Constitutional amendments have on federal elections.