We the People: The Citizen and the ConstitutionCivics textbook with an emphasis on the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. |
Contents
Preface | vii |
An Introduction to the Study of the Constitution | ix |
What Are the Philosophical and Historical Foundations of the American Political | 15 |
go on Lesson 1 What Would Life Be Like in a State of Nature? | 16 |
How Does Government Secure Natural Rights? Lesson 3 What Did the Founders Learn about Republican Government from the Ancient World? Less... | 19 |
What Were the British Origins of American Constitutionalism? | 26 |
How Did Representative Government Begin in England? | 30 |
What Basic Ideas about Rights and Constitutional Government Did Colonial Americans Have? | 35 |
How Have the Protections of the Bill of Rights Been Developed and Expanded? | 117 |
What Were the Constitutional Issues That Led to the Civil War? | 118 |
What Amendments to the Constitution Were Added to Protect the Rights of African Americans? | 122 |
How Did the Fourteenth Amendment Expand Constitutional Protections of Rights? | 127 |
How Did the Civil Rights Movement Use the Constitution to Achieve Its Goals? | 133 |
How Has the Right to Vote Expanded Since the Adoption of the Constitution? | 140 |
To What Extent Can the Law Correct Injustice and Other Problems in American Society? | 146 |
What Rights Does the Bill of Rights Protect? | 153 |
Why Did the American Colonists Want to Free Themselves from Britain? What Basic Ideas about Government Did the Founders Put in the Declaratio... | 42 |
What Basic Ideas about Government Did the State Constitutions Include? How Did the New States Protect Rights? | 47 |
How Did the Framers Create the Constitution? | 53 |
Why Did the Founders Want to Change the Articles of Confederation of 1781? | 54 |
Who Attended the Philadelphia Convention? What Did They Agree to Do? | 60 |
Why Did the Framers Use the Virginia Plan to Create the Constitution? | 65 |
What Powers Were Granted to the Legislative Branch? | 68 |
What Powers Were Granted to the Executive and Judicial Branches? | 74 |
What Conflicting Opinions Did the Framers Have about the Completed Constitution? | 80 |
What Was the AntiFederalists Position in the Debate about Ratification? | 84 |
What Was the Federalists Position in the Debate about Ratification? | 87 |
How Did the Values and Principles Embodied in the Constitution Shape American Institutions and Practices? | 91 |
How Was the Constitution Used to Organize the New Government? | 92 |
What Rights Did the Constitution Protect? How Was the Bill of Rights Added to the Constitution? | 96 |
What Caused the Rise of Political Parties? | 102 |
What Is Judicial Review? Why Is It Controversial? | 107 |
How Is Power Divided between the Federal and State Governments? | 113 |
How Does the First Amendment Protect Freedom of Expression? | 160 |
What Is the Importance of Procedural Due Process? | 170 |
How Do the Fifth through Eighth Amendments Protect Our Rights within the Judicial System? | 182 |
What Are the Roles of the Citizen in American Democracy? | 189 |
How Do We Use Our Citizenship? | 195 |
What Can American Citizens Learn about Constitutionalism from Other Countries? | 204 |
What Is Meant by Returning to Fundamental Principles? | 213 |
Virginia Declaration of Rights | 221 |
The Articles of Confederation | 227 |
The Constitution of the United States of America | 233 |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 245 |
Letter from Birmingham City Jail | 251 |
Glossary | 265 |
Index | 275 |
Photo Credits | 283 |
Copyright | |