02262nam a22002777i 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802000150007603500320009104000310012308200180015410000220017224500500019426400700024430000140031433600260032833700280035433800270038252013320040965000270174165000240176865000320179265000530182465000430187765000640192020261016202547.0261016s2018    xx ||||j |||||||| 0|eng d  a9781524786090  a1524786098  a(KOHALIB)isbn-9781524786090  aKOHALIBbengerdacKOHALIB04a342.730292231 aDemuth, Patricia.10aWhat is the constitution? /cPatricia Demuth. 1a[Place of publication not identified] :bPenguin Workshop,c2018.  a108 pages  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"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"-- "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. 4aConstitutional History 4aJuvenile Literature 4aUnited States, Constitution 4aUnited States, Constitution, Juvenile Literature 4aUnited States, Politics and Government 4aUnited States, Politics and Government, Juvenile Literature