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Price Hossell, Karen,
1957-
The United States Constitution /
Karen Price Hossell.
Chicago :
Heinemann Library,
2004.
p. cm.
Heinemann know it.
Historical documents
Historical documents.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Recording important events -- Storing valuable documents -- What is the Constitution? -- A new government -- The Virginia plan -- The delegates debate -- The first draft -- Working out the details -- The committee of style -- Congress approves the Constitution -- Engrossing the document -- The final document -- Ratification -- The Preamble and Articles I, II, III -- Articles IV-V -- Articles VI and VII and the Bill of Rights -- The remaining amendments -- The travels of the Constitution -- The Constitution on display.
Provides a history of the Constitution, explains each section including the Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments, and describes how historical documents such as this can be restored and preserved.
20050411.
United States
Constitution.
Constitutional history
United States
Juvenile literature.
Constitutional history.
Heinemann know it.
Historical documents.
Historical documents.
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