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- United States Constitution - includes notes Washington wrote on his copy of the Constitution, his diary at the Constitutional Convention, an essay on Madison's role in the Constitutional Convention, Madison's notes on the debates, Jefferson's letter to Madison expressing his opinions on the new Constitution & his belief that a Bill of Rights was needed, & more.
- Constitution Resources - features tools for learning about the U.S. Constitution: meet the 55 delegates who gathered in Philadelphia in May 1787 to rewrite the Articles of Confederation; learn what issues they faced, discover the sources that inspired them, read the essays printed in NYC papers urging ratification of their proposal, and explore a 200-year timeline showing the impact of their work on our history. Search the Constitution & see explanations of 300 topics.
- Centuries of Citizenship: A Constitutional Timeline - an interactive timeline of events marking more than 200 years of our constitutional history telling evolving story of our Constitution & the role it continues to play in our lives: see headlines, hear debates, explore maps & graphs.
- Constitution of the U.S. - recounts how the Constitution was created & ratified; learn about the Bill of Rights; read biographies of the Founding Fathers -- the 55 delegates who gathered in Philadelphia (May 1787) to revise the Articles of Confederation but ended up drafting an entirely new plan of government.
- Interactive Constitution - search the Constitution & find relevant passages & explanations to discover how the Constitution relates to more than 300 topics, from civil rights to school prayer, including Supreme Court decisions.
- Constitution Toolkit - includes images of newspaper articles (1787), notes Washington & Jefferson wrote on drafts of the Constitution (1787-88), Jefferson's chart of state votes (1788), Washington's diaries (1786-89), Hamilton's speech notes for proposing a plan of government, a Philadelphia map (1752), the "broadside" Bill of Rights (1791), & other artifacts.
- 'To Form a More Perfect Union' - examines the role of the Continental Congress -- how it managed the war for independence, served as a symbol of national unity, incorporated the western territories, managed relations with Native Americans, identified defects in the Articles of Confederation, & created the Constitution.
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A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans & the U.S. Constitution - the story of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans who were forced from their homes into detention camps during World War II. Many spent three years living under armed guard, behind
barbed wire.
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