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HIS 301 Week 1 Individual Assignment Influences on the
Constitution Table
HIS 301 Week 1 DQ 1
HIS 301 Week 1 DQ 2
HIS 301 Week 2 Team Assignment How a Bill Becomes a Law
HIS 301 Week 2 Team Assignment Branches of Government Paper (2
Papers)
HIS 301 Week 2 DQ 1
HIS 301 Week 2 DQ 2
HIS 301 Week 2 DQ 3
HIS 301 Week 3 Individual Assignment Bill of Rights and
Amendments Paper
HIS 301 Week 3 DQ 1
HIS 301 Week 3 DQ 2
HIS 301 Week 3 DQ 3
HIS 301 Week 4 Individual Assignment Reflections on the First
Amendment Paper

HIS 301 Week 4 Individual Assignment Reflections on the First
Amendment Paper 1
HIS 301 Week 4 DQ 1
HIS 301 Week 4 DQ 2
HIS 301 Week 5 Team Assignment U.S. Constitutional Amendment
Proposal and Presentation
HIS 301 Week 5 Team Assignment Challenges to the Constitution
presentation
HIS 301 Week 5 DQ 1
HIS 301 Week 5 DQ 2
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HIS 301 Week 1 DQ 1
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Week 1 DQ 1
Is there any irony in President Thomas Jefferson's background in
comparison to the ideals of liberty and equality that Jefferson is
known for fighting for? Why or Why not? If so, how could that
irony be explained?
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HIS 301 Week 1 DQ 2
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Week 1 DQ 2
How did the Declaration of Independence influence the U.S.
Constitution?
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Constitution Table
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Constitution Table
Complete the University Material: Influences on the Constitution
Table located on the student website.
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HIS 301 Week 1 Quiz
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1.Which of the following Chief Justices of the Supreme Court was
responsible for writing the majority opinion in Marbury v. Madison,
wherein the power of judicial review was announced?
Question 2
During what era of the Court did the justices dramatically expand the
liberty protections afforded to individuals under the Fourth
Amendment?
Warren Court
question 3
Assume that a state and the federal government hold concurrent
jurisdiction over an issue and furthermore, both have enacted statutes
to regulate the subject. However, the state statute is contrary to the
federal law. The state law is
Invalid as preempted by the Necessary and Proper Clause.
question 4
Which of the following constitutional clauses has not contributed to
the growth in federal power?
question 5
In which era did the Court begin to expand the powers of the federal
government?
question 6
Which model of federalism maintains the theory that the national
government and the state governments are coequal sovereigns?
question 7
Under the leadership of which of the following Chief Justices did the
Supreme Court render many decisions advancing civil liberties,
especially in the criminal context?
question 8

What was William Marbury seeking from the Suprme Court in
Marbury v. Madison?
question 9
Which of the following was not intended to protect against tyranny?
Checks and Balances
Incorrect answer question 10
Which model of federalism maintains the theory that the national
government is supreme to the state governments and that he powers of
the national government are read broadly, and the Tenth Amendment
is read as not granting any specific powers to the states.
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HIS 301 Week 2 DQ 1
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Week 2 DQ 1
What are some of the essential elements of Federalism? Why are they
essential?
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HIS 301 Week 2 DQ 2
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Week 2 DQ 2
Why did the drafters of the Constitution establish three branches of
the national government? How do those branches interact?
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HIS 301 Week 2 DQ 3
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Week 2 DQ 3
What if there were no federal government?
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HIS 301 Week 2 Quiz
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• question 1
Which of the following is not a constraint on federal judicial power?
• question 2
Presidential communications are:
• question 3
Which of the following best describes presidential nominations of
justices to the Supreme Court?
• question 4
Which of the following best describes the Framers’ intentions
concerning the relationship between state and federal courts?
• question 5
Which of the following best describes the relationship between the
federal government and state militias?
• question 6
If an individual activity does not affect interstate commerce, but the
aggregate of that activity does, federal commerce jurisdiction exists
under the:
• question 7
Who may declare war?
• question 8
In what case did Justice Jackson (dissenting) outline the three-part
model of presidential power that continues to be referred to today?
•question 9
The federal income tax is authorized by:
• question 10
The War Powers Resolution is possibly unconstitutional because:
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HIS 301 Week 2 Team Assignment Branches of
Government Paper (2 Papers)
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This tutorial contains 2 sets of papers
HIS 301 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Branches of
Government Paper
Resource: Articles I, II, and III of the Constitution located in the
appendices of the text
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you answer the
following questions:
o What were the reasons America’s forefathers divided the
government into the legislative, judicial, and presidential branches?
How does this benefit the three branches?
o What obstacles do the division of power present to enactment of
important legislation?
o How was the conflict between supporters of a strong federal
government and champions of states’ rights characterized then as
opposed to now? Identify specific issues.
Cite at least four references to support the content of your paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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HIS 301 Week 2 Team Assignment How a Bill Becomes a
Law
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Complete the How a Bill Becomes a Law simulation located on the
student website.
Discuss the obstacles faced when trying to move legislation through
Congress.
Post a review of the process team activity and evaluation of each
person’s participation at OLS team forum.
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HIS 301 Week 3 DQ 1
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Week 3 DQ 1
How did the Civil War amendments change America?
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HIS 301 Week 3 DQ 2
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Week 3 DQ 2
How has the United States Supreme Court impacted the status of
African American people in the United States? Pay particular
attention to the Dred Scott, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Brown v. Topeka,
Kansas Board of Education decisions.
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HIS 301 Week 3 DQ 3
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Week 3 DQ 3

One of the major political parties controls one or both Houses of
Congress
How could such a party split among the three branches of government
contribute to the interactions, or potentially create conflict, among the
three branches of government?
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Amendments Paper
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Resource: Article V of the Constitution and the 27 amendments in the
Appendixes of the text
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you answer the
following questions:
adoption of the Bill of Rights?

original document, or changes in
society, led to later amendments? Choose one of the following groups
to discuss:
o Thirteenth through Fifteenth Amendments
o Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth, and
Twenty-Sixth Amendments
o Twelfth, Twenty-Second, and Twenty-Fifth Amendments
Cite at least three sources to support the content of your paper and
wikipedia is not a reliable source.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
Make sure your paper flows well, is free of grammar errors and fact
based (rather than opinion based), and use sub-headings in the body
of the paper.
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Amendments Presentation (PPT)

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Resources: The United States Constitution and the 27 amendments in
Appendix A of Constitutional Law, and appropriate websites
Prepare a 10- to 12-slide presentation using a presentation software of
your choice, for example, Microsoft® PowerPoint® or Prezi.
Include the following in your presentation:
How and why do amendments become part of the Constitution?
What problems with the original document motivated the adoption of
the Bill of Rights?
What have been the effects of the Bill of Rights?
What problems with the original document, or changes in society, led
to later amendments?
Choose one of the following groups to discuss:
Thirteenth through Fifteenth Amendments
Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth, and Twenty-
Sixth Amendments
Twelfth, Twenty-Second, and Twenty-Fifth Amendments
What have been the effects of these later amendments?
Include introduction and conclusion slides and speaker notes.
Cite at least three sources to support the content of your presentation.
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HIS 301 Week 3 Quiz
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Question1
Is the federal government obligated to avoid denying persons the
equal protection of the law? Why or why not?
Question2
Prior to 1954, if a state wanted to enact a program that separated
individuals based on their race, but still provide both sets of persons
equal services, what would the government have to demonstrate for
this program to be deemed constitutional?
Question3
Which of the following rights within the Bill of Rights officially has
not been incorporated and applied to the states through the Fourteenth
Amendment?
Question4
Under most domestic search warrants what legal standard must be
established before a warrant will be issued?
Question5
Who was primarily responsible for drafting the Bill of Rights?
Question6
Currently, how many amendments have been added to the
Constitution?
Question7
According to the readings, which of the following provisions has not
been formally applied to the states?
Question8
How many amendments were originally proposed and submitted to
Congress as the initial draft of the Bill of Rights?
Question9
The United States Supreme Court decision that requires prosecutors to
turn over any evidence that tends to show the innocence of the
defendant is:
Question10
The right to a fair trial in federal cases stems from what constitutional
source?
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HIS 301 Week 3 You are a Mayor Simulation and Memo

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Complete the simulation: You are a Mayor and Need to Make a Civil
Rights Decision.
Write a 350-word memo to your staff detailing the civil rights
decisions you made and explaining why you made them.
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HIS 301 Week 4 DQ 1
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Week 4 DQ 1
How have Supreme Court decisions impacted the Federal
government's ability to regulate interstate commerce and does the
ability to regulate interstate commerce give the Federal government
more power than it would have otherwise?
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HIS 301 Week 4 DQ 2

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Week 4 DQ 2
What are the strengths and limitations on the right of the press,
freedom of religion, and right to privacy in today's society?
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HIS 301 Week 4 Individual Assignment FIRAC
Worksheet
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Review the simulation: You are a Supreme Court Justice Deciding on
a Free Speech Case.
Read Appendix B: Briefing and Analyzing Cases in Constitutional
Law.
Choose a U.S. Supreme Court case that covers the First Amendment
(free speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition). Do not use any
of the cases mentioned in the You are a Supreme Court Justice
simulation.
Use the Supreme Court of the United States website
(www.supremecourt.gov) to locate a case.
Follow the FIRAC model in Appendix B to brief the case.
Use the FIRAC Worksheet provided.
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HIS 301 Week 4 Individual Assignment Reflections on the
First Amendment Paper 1
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We have another set of Week 4 Individual Assignment Reflections on
the First Amendment Paper
with different description, which can be found on this link
See: The First Amendment Center
● Choose an issue from the list or from the web site.
● Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word essay in which you discuss at least
one significant case related to one of the five provisions of the First
Amendment.
Some possible questions:
1. How does a free a free press protect the people from an abusive
government?
2. Is an official state language a violation of free speech?
3. How is pornography protected as free expression?

4. Should a school reflect the religious values of the community?
5. How has freedom of assembly advanced other civil liberties?
6. Should the First Amendment be limited during wartime?
7. To what degree do students have First Amendment rights while
at school?
8. How does the Court define the occasional conflict between the
Establishment and the Free Exercise clauses?
9. What’s more important, a community’s right to be informed by
the press during and important trial, or the individual’s right to a fair
trial and due process?
10. How should copyrights be protected in the Digital Age?
Describe one current First Amendment issue, connect the issue to at
least one Landmark Supreme Court case and describe the significance
of the issue and impact on society of the Court’s decision.
Cite at least three sources one of which is a Supreme Court case to
support the content of your paper
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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HIS 301 Week 4 Quiz
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Question 1
Each of the following is a standard under the Lemon test EXCEPT:
Question 2
Which case (majority opinion) adopted the “bad tendency” test as a
means for resolving disputes involving the freedom of speech?
Question 3
Which of the following is NOT considered to be a current mode of
analysis used by the Court to review alleged violations of the
Establishment Clause?
Question 4
Which case addresses so-called partial-birth abortions?
Question 5
If a broadcast journalist reports false information about a non-public
figure, thereby resulting in damages to a victim, what would this
illustrate?
Question 6
If a professor at a public school imposes a policy barring students
from wearing all types of hats in the classroom, this would most
appropriately be labeled as a _________?
Question 7
Based on Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania v. Casey, which of the
following governmental conditions imposes an undue burden on a
woman’s right to choose an abortion?
Question 8
Which Supreme Court Justice has made it known he would like to
review restrictions on commercial speech under strict scrutiny
analysis?
Question 9
Which view of the Establishment Clause would allow greater
interplay between government and religion?
Question 10
Between 1963 and 1990, which standard of review was used by the
Court to evaluate free exercise claims?
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HIS 301 Week 5 DQ 1

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Week 5 DQ 1
Has America achieved equal rights for all Americans? What else
should be done to continue in the struggle for equal rights? What are
our responsibilities in making sure every American has equal rights?
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HIS 301 Week 5 DQ 2
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Week 5 DQ 2
Are Americans' freedoms more or less secure now than they were
when the United States was first founded? How has modern
technology impacted our freedoms? What are our responsibilities, if
any, in making Americans' freedoms more secure?
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HIS 301 Week 5 Team Assignment Challenges to the
Constitution presentation
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Each learning team will prepare a 10- to 15 slide presentation with
appropriate
presenter’s notes that focuses on one of the following topics:
1. Why is nationalized control of health care (Obama care)
constitutional?
2. Gun control or Gun Rights?
3. Is homosexuality protected by the Equal Protection Clause like
ethnicity or gender?
4. Is it racial profiling for a police officer to demand proof of
citizenship? (SB1070)
5. Can the police, without a warrant, put a secret GPS device on
the bottom of someone's car and track him 24/7 for a month?
1. Each presentation will describe and cite the related
Constitutional amendment.

2. Each presentation should summarize the constitutional rights
related to the chosen topic.
3. The presentation will include arguments for and against. What is
each group member’s opinion (with a reason)?
4. Follow the 5-5-1 rule
5. Include one video, of not more than 2 minutes in the
presentation.
6. Cite at least ONE related landmark U.S. Supreme Court Cases
in the presentation
Present the Challenges to the Constitution .
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HIS 301 Week 5 Team Assignment U.S. Constitutional
Amendment Proposal and Presentation
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Constitutional Amendments exist to correct a perceived problem with
the existing document. In Week Three, you examined what has been
changed so far. Each team will consider a possible change. If the team
wants to write about something other than the assigned topic, the team
must obtain the facilitator’s approval by Week Four.

representatives, senators, and members of the judiciary to 12 years of
total service?
right to recall an officer in the legislative branch, executive branch, or
judicial branch, before the officer’s term expires?
power to enact or reject laws by ballot initiative, as a direct method in
addition to the legislative authority of Congress?
president a line-item veto—instead of being required either to sign an
entire bill—or veto the entire bill?
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you discuss an
amendment that responds to the issue presented to the team.
Discuss good and bad outcomes if such an amendment were adopted.
Cite a minimum of three sources to support the content of your paper
and wikipedia is not a reliable source.

of the paper.
Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint®presentation to
accompany the paper.
Present the U.S. Constitutional Amendment Proposal presentation.
PowerPoint® presentations with substantive, detailed speaker notes
that includes citations to source material for the information in the
speaker notes and on the slides.
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HIS 301 Week 5 Team Assignment U.S. Constitutional
Amendment Proposal Presentation
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Should the Constitution be amended to abolish the Electoral College
and make direct voting for the president a reality?
Create a 12- to 15-slide presentation using Microsoft® PowerPoint®
or a presentation software of your choice. Include the following:
· Identify your team’s option for amending the Constitution.
· Provide a brief history of the topic.
· Discuss why your team thinks the topic needs to be a
constitutional amendment.
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HIS-301-Week-4-Individual-Assignment-Reflections-on-the-
First-Amendment-Paper
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Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you discuss at least two
significant cases related to three of the provisions of the First
Amendment.
Evaluate the rights and responsibilities that the Constitution gives
American citizens. Answer the following questions in your paper:
To what extent does the Constitution protect the right of
privacy?
Why did each case need to be heard and interpreted by the
Supreme Court?
How does the Supreme Court’s decision in each case continue to
affect the rights of American citizens today?
Cite at least three sources to support the content of your paper and
wikipedia is not an acceptable source.

of the paper.

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