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Discover the forgotten and astonishing story of our nation's founding in the American Heritage Series. From the separation of church and state to the civil rights movement, from the heroism of our founding fathers to the building of our nation's monuments, this series explores the religious aspects of American history.
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Who wrote the beginning of the Constitution of the United States? What rights does the First Amendment protect? Can a kid sue their school for an unfair punishment? Help young learners find the answers to these questions and more in this fascinating look at the Constitution for kids. They'll learn about how it was written, the people who created it, and the ways it helps our government work--one amazing fact at a time.
690) A look at the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments: slavery abolished, equal protection established
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The United States Constitution was created to lay out the basic laws and principles of the Unites States. The Bill of Rights was added to ensure the basic human rights of American citizens. This book showcases the 13th and 14th Amendments added since its ratification in 1792 and discusses how the amendments affect our lives today.
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Few events in the history of the United States were of greater consequence than the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Although most histories have focused on the issues and compromises that dominated the debates, the exchanges were also shaped by the dynamic personalities of the fifty-five delegates who attended from twelve of the thirteen states. In The Men Who Made the Constitution, constitutional scholar John R. Vile explores the lives and contributions...
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"The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified on July 9, 1868, identified all legitimate voters as 'male.' In so doing, it added gender-specific language to the U.S. Constitution for the first time. Suffrage Reconstructed is the first book to consider how and why the amendment's authors made this decision. Vividly detailing congressional floor bickering and activist campaigning, Laura E. Free takes readers into the pre- and postwar fights over precisely who...
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Few provisions of the American Constitution have had such a tumultuous history as the contract clause. Prompted by efforts in a number of states to interfere with debtor-creditor relationships after the Revolution, the clause--Article I, Section 10--reads that no state shall "pass any law impairing the Obligation of Contracts." Honoring contractual commitments, in the framers' view, would serve the public interest to encourage commerce and economic...
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This documentary begins by introducing the Constitution and why it was created. It then examines key Constitutional concepts -- separation of powers and individual rights -- by focusing on two landmark cases: Youngstown v. Sawyer, a challenge to President Truman's decision to put the steel mills under government control, and Gideon v. Wainwright, in which the Supreme Court establishes the right to be represented by an attorney.
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