Information on the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments that helped to transform the women's rights movement.

A game where the player must sort items into whether they belong in the body of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Amendments, the Articles, or not at all. There are two rounds to the game.

The Second Amendment and the right for United States citizens to bear arms is an issue often contested throughout the United States today. A recent ruling by the US Supreme Court is another example of such issues. June 30, 2010

This mini-lesson plan covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that extended marriage rights to same-sex couples. Students learn about the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses, and how the Court's...

This site from the Museum of the City of San Francisco provides an article from a prohibition-period newspaper that reports the new attack by prosecutors on policemen who have been bribed by bootleggers.

Describes the reconstruction of the union. Includes the following sections: presidential reconstruction, congressional reconstruction, reconstruction in the South, Black aspirations,and the abandonment of reconstruction. From McGraw...