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HSS-8.2.4 (History–Social Science)


Standard Identifier: HSS-8.2.4
Content Area: History–Social Science
Grade: 8
Course: United States History and Geography: Growth and Conflict, Grade 8

Overarching Standard:
HSS-8.2 Students analyze the political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government.

Standard:
Describe the political philosophy underpinning the Constitution as specified in the Federalist Papers (authored by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay) and the role of such leaders as Madison, George Washington, Roger Sherman, Gouverneur Morris, and James Wilson in the writing and ratification of the Constitution.

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