Congress Creates the Bill of Rights

Education

Free · Designed for iPad

iPad

This App requires a secondary download of content, which will start automatically when the App is opened for the first time. Explore the proposals, debates, and revisions that shaped the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Why did the U.S. need a Bill of Rights? How did Congress produce the Bill of Rights? What would it be like to participate in the process? Dive into these questions and more with this app from the U.S. National Archives. Features: • Take a close look at the featured document "Senate Revisions to the House Proposed Amendments to the U.S. Constitution" with pinch to zoom • Survey the challenges to the new nation that made the Constitution and Bill of Rights necessary in a historical slide show • Get to know the leaders of the debate and explore issues that divided the Federalists and Anti-Federalists • Study the evolving language of each proposed amendment as it was shaped in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate • Participate and reflect in sections designed for individual or collaborative classroom exploration The Congress Creates the Bill of Rights project includes an eBook and accompanying educational materials available through www.archives.gov/legislative/resources/bill-of-rights.html.

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    • Seller
      • National Archives and Records Administration
    • Size
      • 27.8 MB
    • Category
      • Education
    • Compatibility
      Requires iPadOS 6.0 or later.
      • iPad
        Requires iPadOS 6.0 or later.
      • Mac
        Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
      • Apple Vision
        Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    • Languages
      English and 5 more
      • English, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese
    • Age Rating
      4+
    • Copyright
      • © 2014 National Archives and Records Administration