The text of the Resolution of the Constitutional Convention authorizing the submission of the Constitution of the United States to the legislatures of the states to be ratified by state conventions.

Dive into the times following the Constitutional Convention when the people and the leaders carried on in-depth conversations about the proposed constitution for the new nation. There were debates between Federalists and Antifederalists...

This slide and the six that follow it (use the advance button near the bottom of the screen) offer an explanation of each of the three branches of government and the duties they perform, including discussion of the tensions arising from...

Read the story of a young Japanese-American girl whose family was sent to an internment camp after Pearl Harbor.

A short paragraph on the requirements for holding the president or vice-president position. There is also a paragraph on the number of terms they can serve.