The Bill of Rights / Karen Price Hossell.
by Price Hossell, Karen.
Material type: BookSeries: Heinemann know itHistorical documents. Publisher: Chicago : Heinemann Library, c2004Description: 48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 28 cm.ISBN: 1403408017.Subject(s): United States. Constitution. 1st-10th Amendments | Constitutional amendments -- United States | Civil rightsDDC classification: 342.73/03Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
Recording important events -- Storing valuable documents -- What is the Bill of Rights? -- Why a Bill of Rights? -- The Constitution is ratified -- Madison presents his ideas -- The House works on the Bill of Rights -- The Senate takesover -- Engrossing the Bill of Rights -- The ratification process -- The First Amendment -- Amendments IIand III -- Amendments IV and V -- Amendments VI and VII -- Amendments VIII, IX and X -- Where did these rights come from? -- The Bill of Rights on display -- Restoring the Billof Rights -- A conversation with a conservator -- The past helps us understand the present.
Provides a history of the Bill of Rights, explains each of the amendments and the freedoms it protects, and describes how historical documents such as this can be restored and preserved.
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