Teaching Civics Your Bill of Rights – What Does the Seventh Amendment Have to do With a 20-Dollar Bill?

Your Bill of Rights – What Does the Seventh Amendment Have to do With a 20-Dollar Bill?

Posted By llad On July 26, 2014 @ 11:58 pm In | Comments Disabled

From TIME

“The seventh amendment gives the right to a jury trial for any civil case over property more than $20. What could $20 buy in 1789?” Find out by watching this video ^[1] (02:37) from the Your Bill of Rights series.

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2080345_2080344_2080381,00.html ^[1]

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