Chapter The Constitutional Convention to 1800: Virginians to the Fore Chapter The Marshall The Great Chief Justice as Trial Judge, 1801-1835 Chapter A Divided Country, Civil War, and Reconstruction, 1835-1870 Chapter Virginia's Debt Controversy Sets the Tone for Recovery, 1871-1899 Chapter Justice on Land and at Sea in Progressive Era Virginia, 1900-1930 Chapter A Nation in Depression and at War, with Civil Rights on the Horizon, 1931-1954 Chapter Brown and its Progeny Dominate the Docket, 1954-1974 Chapter A Reflection of Life in America, 1975-1999 Chapter A New Century and With It, a Different World, 2000-2006