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Main Title The Bill of Rights and beyond, 1791-1991.
Publisher Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution,
Year Published 1991
Stock Number 052-003-01257-0
OCLC Number 25057627
ISBN 0160358183; 9780160358180
Subjects Civil rights--United States--History ; Constitutional history--United States ; Constitutional amendments--United States--Constitution ; Jurisprudence--United States ; Statutes ; Constitutional amendments--Constitution--United States ; Constitution and Bylaws ; history (discipline) ; United States--Constitutional law--History ; Constitution and Bylaws--United States
Additional Subjects United States--Constitution--1st-10th Amendments--History
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015050782971
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EJBM  KF4750.B52 1991 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 02/08/2002
Collation vi, 106 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-99) and index.
Contents Notes
Discusses the twenty-six amendments to the United States Constitution, how each amendment was added, the people responsible such as George Mason, James Madison, and Carrie Chapman Catt, and also provides for classroom learning activities. Two Virginians: George Mason and James Madison -- First amendment: freedom of religion; freedom of speech and of the press; freedom of assembly and petition -- Second amendment: right to bear arms -- Third amendment: protection against quartering soldiers -- Fourth amendment: protection against unreasonable searches and seizures -- Fifth amendment: rights to due process of law, including protection against self-incrimination -- Sixth amendment: rights of the accused, including right to a speedy and public jury trial -- Seventh amendment: right to jury trial in civil cases -- Eighth amendment: protection against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment -- Ninth amendment: guarantee of unenumerated rights retained by the people -- Tenth amendment: Guarantee of rights reserved to the states or to the people -- Thirteenth amendment: abolition of slavery -- Fourteenth amendment: conditions for South to resume political life; definition of national and state citizenship; states prohibited from abridging privileges and immunities of citizens -- Fifteenth amendment: men's right to vote, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude -- Fourteenth amendment: due process of law and equal protection of the laws -- Nineteenth amendment: women's right to vote -- Twenty-third amendment: presidential vote in the District of Columbia -- Twenty-fourth amendment: abolition of poll tax -- Twenty-sixth amendment: voting rights for 18-year-olds -- Epilogue -- Note to teachers and librarians: suggested learning activities for the classroom.