True or false, the word “dollars” appears in the Constitution?
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Yes, it does, once in Article I, Section 9, and refers to the importation of slaves:
The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.
The word also appears once in the 27 amendments, in Amendment VII:
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Yes, it does, once in Article I, Section 9, and refers to the importation of slaves:
The word also appears once in the 27 amendments, in Amendment VII: