Please order the following events of American Legal History starting with the earliest. (1 point each).

____ Declaration of Independence issued ____ Bill of Rights incorporated

____ Prohibition ____ Articles of Confederation

____ Federal Judiciary Act Passed ____ Constitutional Convention

establishing Federal Court system

____ US Civil War erupts ____U. S. Constitution Ratified

1. Describe fully the structure of the court system in the United States. How does the bilateral nature of this system work to provide justice and due process for all? Be sure to include the jurisdictional differences between each level.

1. What are the branches of the federal government? Describe the Constitutional basis for each? How do each of the branches interact as watchdogs on the others? Describe how the separation of powers is employed to control the legislative process as laid out in the United States Constitution.

1. Explain the significance of the Second Constitutional Convention by identifying and describing the participants attending, identifying at least two of the key issues facing the delegates, and outlining their conflicting positions on these issues and the compromises reached or the impasse experienced.

1. Please describe the judicial selection process in the United States identifying and describing each of the four methods taken to the bench d describing the four different paths the process can take in American jurisdictions.