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The National Constitution Center offers this collection of informative and entertaining videos intended to start conversations and develop critical thinking skills. Viewers learn about the rights granted by the constitution, about the evolution of interpretations of the amendments, and about the debates that gave rise to a bicameral legislature and the checks and balances designed into the three branches of the United States government. They are also presented with dramatic reenactments. Discussion prompts that get to the heart of the issue ask scholars to draw on what they have learned about constitutional rights and consider what they would do in a given situation.
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abraham lincoln, alexander hamilton, benjamin franklin, causes of the civil war, checks and balances, citizenship, civil rights, civil war, congress, constitution day, constitutional law, constitutional rights, dred scott, drugs, due process, federalism, freedom of speech, george washington, global citizenship, interviewing, laws, racism, reconstruction, segregation, slavery, supreme court cases, the american revolution, the articles of confederation, the bill of rights, the civil rights movement, the enlightenment, the executive branch, the white house, women's suffrage, constitutional amendments, james madison, judicial review, representative government, richard nixon, school rules, search and seizure, supreme court justices, the constitutional convention, the death penalty, the electoral college, the first amendment, the founding fathers, the fourth amendment, the judicial branch, the legislative branch, the preamble to the united states constitution, the supreme court, the reconstruction era, enlightenment philosophers, presidential roles and powers, the united states civil war, the separation of powers, the fourteenth amendment, the presidency of richard nixon, the civil rights act of 1964, the anti-federalists, the united states constitution, ratification of the united states constitution, the federalists and anti-federalists, the ku klux klan, the legislative process, the missouri compromise of 1850, the thirteenth amendment, bicameral representation, origins of american government
