TY  - BOOK
AU  - Demuth,Patricia
AU  - McVeigh,Kevin
AU  - Foley,Tim
TI  - What is the constitution?
T2  - What is--?
SN  - 9781524786090
AV  - KF4541 .D46 2018
U1  - 342.73 DEM 23
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - United States
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
KW  - JUVENILE NONFICTION / Law & Crime
KW  - JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Politics & Government
KW  - Juvenile works
KW  - fast
KW  - Instructional and educational works
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical reference (page 108); 8-12
N2  - "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"--
ER  -