Investigating the Judiciary Act of 1789

United States History (Grades 9-12)

Standard 8

Benchmark 5

The Student:

• Understands how the stature and significance of the federal judiciary changed during the 1790's and early Nineteenth century, and the influence of the Supreme Court today

Civics (Grades 9-12)

Standard 4

Benchmark 2

The Student:

• Understand how constitutions set forth the structure of government, give the government power, and show the relationship between the people and their government

Standard 8

Benchmark 7

The Student:

• Understands how the design of the institutions of government and the federal system works to channel governmental power in order to serve the purposes of American constitutional government

Standard 15

Benchmark 2

The Student:

• Knows why the framers adopted a federal system in which power and responsibility are divided and shared between the national government and state governments