Title: What Is the Constitution?- --(WB) Author: Patricia Brennan Demuth
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9798822681118
SKU: WB001360
Release Date: 45383
Genre: Political -History
Grade Level: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade , 7th Grade
Language : English
Description : 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.