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Author:

Demuth, Patricia, author.

Title:

What is the constitution? / Patricia Brennan Demuth ; illustrated by Kevin McVeigh, Tim Foley.

Publisher:

Penguin Workshopan imprint of Penguin Random House

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Constitutional history--United States--18th century--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

McVeigh, Kevin, illustrator.
Foley, Tim, 1962- illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

What is the Constituion? -- A limping government -- Who's coming to Philadelphia? -- Virginia has a plan -- Small versus big -- A battle between North and South -- Decisions, decisions -- "We the People" -- The Bill of Rights -- The living Constitution -- Timelines.

Summary:

"We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the US Constitution came into being. Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states--argued fiercely for many months over what ended up being only a four-page document. Here is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the hotly fought issues--those between Northern and Southern States; big states and little ones--and the key players such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington who suffered through countless revisions to make the Constitution happen"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

What was?

ISBN:

1544405480 (FollettBound)
9781544405483 (FollettBound)

LCCN:

2018010770

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