The First Victim Compensation Program Established in the United States

question 9

Short Answer

The first victim compensation program established in the United States was in _____.

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Definitions:

Single-House Legislature

A legislative body with only one chamber or house, as opposed to a bicameral legislature, which has two chambers.

Constitution

The supreme law of the United States, establishing the framework of national government and fundamental rights.

Anti-Federalists

Individuals and political groups that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and the ratification of the 1787 Constitution, advocating for states' powers.

Notes on the State of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson’s 1785 book that claimed, among other things, that black people were incapable of becoming citizens and living in harmony alongside white people due to the legacy of slavery and what Jefferson believed were the “real distinctions that nature has made” between races.