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Book

The Bill of Rights

Call Number

  • J 342.73 BAXT (CEN)

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Publication Information

Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2013.

Physical Description

48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 25 cm.

Audience

Level S.

Summary

Explains the history of the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution.

Contents

  • Important documents
  • We need a bill of rights!
  • The new government begins
  • To the states
  • The first three amendments
  • The Bill of Rights and the court system
  • Protecting the document
  • The Bill of Rights today.

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