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- 1835 amendments to the North Carolina Constitution
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.3
- Amendments to the North Carolina state constitution passed in 1835. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: constitution
- The 1868 constitution
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.11
- In accordance with the Reconstruction Acts, North Carolina wrote a new constitution in 1868. In addition to abolishing slavery, the new constitution gave more power to the people and to the governor, and called for free public schools, state prisons, and charitable institutions.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Amending the U.S. Constitution
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.8
- Text of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution, passed after the Civil War to abolish slavery and to guarantee the civil rights of African Americans.
- Format: constitution
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- The Bill of Rights
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.7
- The text of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, with historical commentary.
- Format: constitution
- The Bill of Rights
- The Bill of Rights as approved by Congress in 1789, including two amendments not in the first ten ratified by the states.
- Format: image/constitution
- The Constitution (Page 1 of 4)
- Format: image/constitution
- The Constitution (Page 2 of 4)
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- The Constitution of the United States
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.4
- An original print copy of the Constitution, 1787. Page 2 of 2 of the original printed Constitution. We...
- Format: constitution
- Constitution of the United States (page 1 of 2)
- Format: image/constitution
- Constitution of the United States (page 2 of 2)
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- 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
- The Constitutional Convention
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.3
- The Articles of Confederation proved too weak to govern the new United States effectively, and in 1787, Congress authorized a convention to revise the document. Instead, the convention wrote an entirely new constitution for the United States.
- Format: article
- Debating the Federal Constitution
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.5
- Excerpt of a speech given by William Richardson Davie at the convention called in North Carolina, 1788, to consider ratification of the United States Constitution. Davie explains why the new Constitution is necessary and why it is not a threat to liberty and argues for ratification. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: speech
- 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
- North Carolina demands a declaration of rights
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.6
- North Carolina initially rejected the United States Constitution, insisting that it be amended and that a Declaration of Rights be added. The text of the proposed declaration and amendments is provided here with historical commentary noting which provisions found their way into the Bill of Rights.
- Format: document
- Ratifying the amendments
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 11.4
- In 1835, a convention passed amendments to the North Carolina state constitution. In this activity, students map votes for ratification by county and explain the patterns they see.
- Format: activity
- By David Walbert.
- Reconstruction
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.1
- Brief history of Reconstruction, including Lincoln's plans, Johnson's presidency, radical reconstruction, military reconstruction, and the end of Reconstruction with the election of 1876.
- Format: article
- The Suffrage Amendment
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.7
- Amendment to the North Carolina state constitution, passed 1899, adding a literacy test and a poll tax requirement for voting but a "grandfather clause" that allowed the requirements to be used specifically to disfranchise blacks. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: constitution
