Description:Popular account of factors and personalities behind the 24 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, including major current proposals such as school prayers and presidential succession.HERE ARE THE MEN and events that shaped the continuing growth and change in our basic law. The catastrophe of prohibition was welcomed by an unsuspecting public. A plump matron and a Quaker spinster fought valiantly for women’s votes. A tied electoral vote nearly cost Thomas Jefferson the Presidency and ruined Aaron Burr's public career. A runaway Congress impeached a President, humbled the Supreme Court and forced on the Confederate States two major amendments. Unpaid Revolutionary troops revolted and later cost the citizens of the District of Columbia the vote. All in all, the forces and figures behind the amendments contribute to an understanding of our past and present. This volume also considers major current proposals for amendments—among them school prayers, presidential inability and succession.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Our Changing Constitution. To get started finding Our Changing Constitution, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: Popular account of factors and personalities behind the 24 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, including major current proposals such as school prayers and presidential succession.HERE ARE THE MEN and events that shaped the continuing growth and change in our basic law. The catastrophe of prohibition was welcomed by an unsuspecting public. A plump matron and a Quaker spinster fought valiantly for women’s votes. A tied electoral vote nearly cost Thomas Jefferson the Presidency and ruined Aaron Burr's public career. A runaway Congress impeached a President, humbled the Supreme Court and forced on the Confederate States two major amendments. Unpaid Revolutionary troops revolted and later cost the citizens of the District of Columbia the vote. All in all, the forces and figures behind the amendments contribute to an understanding of our past and present. This volume also considers major current proposals for amendments—among them school prayers, presidential inability and succession.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Our Changing Constitution. To get started finding Our Changing Constitution, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.