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Baxter, Roberta,
1952-
The Bill of Rights
[Book] /
Roberta Baxter.
Chicago :
Heinemann Library,
2013.
48 p. :
ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ;
25 cm.
Documenting U.S. history
Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
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.
Explains the historical background and significance of the Bill of Rights, what each of the ten amendments states, and how the National Archives restores and protects the original document.
20130226.
United States
Constitution
1st-10th Amendments.
Civil rights
United States
History.
Civil rights
History.
Constitutional history
United States.
Constitutional history.
Documenting U.S. history.
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