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U.S. Senate: In Election 2008, page 2.3; North Carolina has two United States senators, each of whom serves a six-year term. The terms of the two senators overlap, so in a typical election year only one (or neither) of the seats is up for election. In 2008, North Carolinians will elect a Senator...

State Senate: In Election 2008, page 2.7; North Carolina Senatorial districts There are 50 Senatorial districts in North Carolina. You can find out which district you're in and who currently represents you at the North Carolina General Assembly website's representation...

Presidential election: In Election 2008, page 1.1; A guide to the candidates who will appear on the North Carolina ballot in 2008 - who they are, what they've been up to and where they stand on the issues.; Format: bibliography

William Blount (1749–1800): William Blount was one of North Carolina's delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and served in the Continental Army and in various public offices.; Format: biography

Alexander Martin (1740–1807): Alexander Martin was a North Carolina delegate to the Constitutional Convention, fought in the American Revolution, and served as governor and in the state legislature.; Format: biography

Marion Butler and fusion politics: In North Carolina in the New South, page 7.5; After the death of Populist leader Leonidas LaFayette Polk in 1892, North Carolina Populists turned to Sampson County native Marion Butler to lead their party. Butler was instrumental in the "fusion" campaigns of the 1890s that joined the Populist and Republican tickets.; Format: biography

Send me to Congress: Students learn about the qualifications for and job description of members of the U.S.Senate or the U.S.House of Representatives by designing and creating a campaign brochure. Students apply their knowledge of these requirements by "selling" their candidate to the general public.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies); By Tim Raines.

Nathaniel Macon: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 1.6; Biography of Nathaniel Macon (1758–1837), North Carolina political leader from Warren County.; Format: biography

Stephen A. Douglas portrait: Portrait of Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), a politician who served in the Illinois state legislature as well as the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Douglas was famous for his role in a series of debates with Abraham Lincoln, and his support...; Format: image/photograph

The Constitution of the United States: Amendments 11-27: Amendment XI Passed by Congress March 4, 1794. Ratified February 7, 1795. The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against...; Format: constitution

Telegraph [painting]: This circa 1862 painting by Constantino Brumidi, entitled Telegraph, symbolically commemorates the laying of the first successful transatlantic cable -- one of the greatest communication advances in history.; Format: image/painting

The Taking of the City of Washington in America: Caption reads: The City of Washington Capital of the United States of America was taken by the British forces under Major Gen.l Ross on Aug.t 24th 1814 when we burnt and destroyed their Dock Yard with a Frigate and a Sloop...; Format: image/illustration

The Federalist Papers: No. 68. The mode of electing the president: In Election 2008, page 4.5; In this essay, written as a letter to the New York Packet in 1788, Alexander Hamilton argues for the method of electing the President spelled out in the original United States Constitution.; Format: letter

Bartholomé de Las Casas: Constantino Brumidi's 1876 painting, Bartholomé de Las Casas, depicts de las Casas and an American Indian in a room, viewed through an arched window. De las Casas is sitting at a desk in his priest's robe with a pen in his right hand. The Indian...; Format: image/painting

The expansion of slavery and the Missouri Compromise: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 8.8; By 1820, a growing population gave the North a majority in the House of Representatives, but slave and free states still had equal representation in the Senate. The admission of Missouri to the Union as a slave state threatened that balance, but the "Missouri Compromise" maintained it by admitting Maine as a free state and banning slavery in the Lousiana territory north of Missouri's southern boundary. Page includes a map showing U.S. territorial expansion.; Format: article

Address to the Colored People of North Carolina: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 10.7; 1870 broadside urging African Americans to support Governor William Woods Holden, then facing impeachment for his use of the militia to stop Ku Klux Klan violence. Includes historical commentary.; Format: poster; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

1919 political cartoon by Clifford K. Berryman: The National Archives and Records Administration's description of this cartoon reads: When this cartoon was published the 1920 Presidential election was nearly a year and a half away. There were no clear front-runners and both major parties were...; Format: image/cartoon

Richard Dobbs Spaight, Sr. (1758–1802): Richard Dobbs Spaight was a North Carolina delegate to the Constitutional Convention and active in state and national politics.; Format: biography

Archibald Murphey: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 4.4; Archibald Debow Murphey (1777–1832) was a North Carolina state senator and later a Superior Court judge who fought for a comprehensive system of public education, construction of canals and roads, and other progressive reforms.; Format: biography

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