Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Audiobook1 hour
What is the Constitution?
Written by Patricia Brennan Demuth and Who HQ
Narrated by Kathleen McInerney
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this audiobook
We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story—arguments and all—of how the US Constitution came into being.
Signed on September 17, 1787—four years after the American War for Independence—the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers—fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states—argued fiercely for many months over what ended up being only a four-page document. Here is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the hotly fought issues—those between Northern and Southern States; big states and little ones—and the key players such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington who suffered through countless revisions to make the Constitution happen.
Unavailable
Author
Patricia Brennan Demuth
Patricia Brennan Demuth is the author of Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?, Who Is Bill Gates?, What Was Ellis Island?, and What Was Pearl Harbor?
Related to What is the Constitution?
Related audiobooks
The Constitution: Enduring Myths and Hidden Truths George Washington: The Patriot Who Was the First President of the United States Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe American Constitution 101 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPacking the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not-So-Great Presidents: Commanders in Chief Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5United States Historical Documents Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Perfecting the Union: National and State Authority in the US Constitution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRatification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What the Founding Fathers were Really Like (and What We can Learn from Them Today): (and What We Can Learn From Them Today) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American History: Details about the Revolution, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow to Interpret the Constitution Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5They Made America Great: 31 Endearing Legacies Worth Heeding Today Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shh! We're Writing the Constitution Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thomas Jefferson An Autobiography: The Lost Manuscript Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Independence: The Struggle to Set America Free Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Federalist Papers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Panic of 1792: The History and Legacy of America’s First Financial Crisis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Modern Democracy: The History and Legacy of the World’s Democratic Institutions Since the American Revolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUS Presidents: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Andrew Jackson Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThese Truths: A History of the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Children's Historical For You
Refugee Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lost Heir (The Gryphon Chronicles, Book 1) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Little House on the Prairie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anne of Green Gables Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Little House in the Big Woods Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Farmer Boy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Devil's Arithmetic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Boy on the Wooden Box Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine (National Book Award Finalist) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ground Zero Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived #1) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How Do You Live? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Iceberg Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On the Banks of Plum Creek Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Wednesday Wars Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Little Town on the Prairie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Night Divided Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5By the Shores of Silver Lake Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Allies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Selma: True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hitler's Last Days: The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World's Most Notorious Dictator Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Long Winter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Place to Hang the Moon Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Day the World Went Nuclear: Dropping the Atom Bomb and the End of World War II in the Pacific Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5These Happy Golden Years Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love in the Library Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related podcast episodes
#221 New York: Capital City of the United States 0% found this document usefulHow the Americans Became a Constitutional People 0% found this document usefulHow Is Congress Involved in Foreign Policy? (With Jordan Tama) 0% found this document usefulGlenn Beck Presents: The 1776 Report the Left Didn't Want You to See 0% found this document useful#220 George Washington's New York Inauguration 0% found this document usefulThe Declaration of Independence: Learn more about how the The Declaration of Independence came to be 0% found this document usefulINTERVIEW | The Constitution and Formation of America's Government, Independence Day Series Pt. 3 0% found this document useful
Related articles
The Year That Changed Everything The AtlanticArticle
The Year That Changed Everything
May 4, 2021
5 min readThe Year That Changed James Monroe’s Legacy Forever Literary HubArticle
The Year That Changed James Monroe’s Legacy Forever
May 7, 2020
11 min readHow America Managed To Down The Law History RevealedArticle
How America Managed To Down The Law
Apr 14, 2022
The US Constitution is one of the most revered of all political documents – the backbone of the world’s most powerful nation. Yet it endured the most troubled of births. That birth occurred in the immediate aftermath of the American Revolutionary War
1 min read'The Words That Made Us': Scholar Akhil Reed Amar On How To Better Understand The Constitution NPRArticle
'The Words That Made Us': Scholar Akhil Reed Amar On How To Better Understand The Constitution
Jul 5, 2021
7 min readThe Fourth Battle for the Constitution The AtlanticArticle
The Fourth Battle for the Constitution
Sep 25, 2019
18 min readCommentary: Even As American Colonists Defied The British, They Understood The Importance Of The Rule Of Law Chicago TribuneArticle
Commentary: Even As American Colonists Defied The British, They Understood The Importance Of The Rule Of Law
Dec 27, 2023
3 min readOfficial Symbols Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and ChildrenArticle
Official Symbols
Jul 1, 2022
4 min read'Corporations Are People' Is Built on an Incredible 19th-Century Lie The AtlanticArticle
'Corporations Are People' Is Built on an Incredible 19th-Century Lie
Mar 5, 2018
4 min readLife of Service Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and ChildrenArticle
Life of Service
Oct 1, 2022
Even for a person of John Quincy Adams’s remarkable credentials, the practice of law was challenging. As a new lawyer in Boston, he found it difficult to earn a living from the profession. But his practice took off after a few years. By then, his exp
4 min readWhy Republicans Keep Calling for the End of Birthright Citizenship The AtlanticArticle
Why Republicans Keep Calling for the End of Birthright Citizenship
Jul 2, 2023
4 min readThe Jag File Military TraderArticle
The Jag File
Jul 3, 2020
5 min readThe Struggle Over the Meaning of the 14th Amendment Continues The AtlanticArticle
The Struggle Over the Meaning of the 14th Amendment Continues
Jul 10, 2018
6 min readCommentary: A Way To Fight The Electoral College Los Angeles TimesArticle
Commentary: A Way To Fight The Electoral College
Jan 22, 2019
3 min readHistory of the United States’ Great Seal Banknote ReporterArticle
History of the United States’ Great Seal
Jun 6, 2023
Editor’s Note: For nearly 70 years, the feature-rich pages of Coins magazine tracked the history, fun and the growth of this great hobby, while also attracting new collectors to pursue what was once deemed the “hobby of kings.” Dusting off these time
5 min readWarring Over Words American HistoryArticle
Warring Over Words
Dec 14, 2021
1 min readHere's Every Word Of The First Jan. 6 Committee Hearing On Its Investigation NPRArticle
Here's Every Word Of The First Jan. 6 Committee Hearing On Its Investigation
Jun 10, 2022
Read the full transcript from the June 9 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6th Capitol attack.
48 min readHistory of the United States’ Great Seal Numismatic NewsArticle
History of the United States’ Great Seal
May 19, 2023
5 min readMadison’s Notes Don’t Mean What Everyone Says They Mean The AtlanticArticle
Madison’s Notes Don’t Mean What Everyone Says They Mean
Dec 22, 2019
7 min readTHE MEN WHO MADE America All About HistoryArticle
THE MEN WHO MADE America
Feb 28, 2020
10 min readWhy the Republican Party Will Come to Regret Rolling Back DACA The AtlanticArticle
Why the Republican Party Will Come to Regret Rolling Back DACA
Sep 5, 2017
5 min readThe Early Days of Voting in America: A Lot of White Men Drinking in Taverns Literary HubArticle
The Early Days of Voting in America: A Lot of White Men Drinking in Taverns
Jun 23, 2020
4 min readThe Debt Limit And The Senate's Cloture Share A History. Both Were Born With A War NPRArticle
The Debt Limit And The Senate's Cloture Share A History. Both Were Born With A War
Sep 28, 2021
6 min readExplosive Election American HistoryArticle
Explosive Election
Nov 17, 2020
12 min readOur Historical Ambivalence About Immigrants Is a Great American Paradox TIMEArticle
Our Historical Ambivalence About Immigrants Is a Great American Paradox
Feb 4, 2017
PASSIONS WERE HIGH, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE United States was eager to act. In 1798, John Adams, amid talk of war with France, signed the Alien and Sedition Acts to, in his view, protect the national interest against internal dissent and outside agi
3 min readPresident Donald J. Trump Proclaims December 10, 2017, as Human Rights Day; December 15, 2017, as Bill of Rights Day; and the week beginning December 10, 2017, as Human Rights Week Presidential ActionsArticle
President Donald J. Trump Proclaims December 10, 2017, as Human Rights Day; December 15, 2017, as Bill of Rights Day; and the week beginning December 10, 2017, as Human Rights Week
Dec 8, 2017
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, BILL OF RIGHTS DAY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK, 2017 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Our great country was forged in the fires of a revolution to overthrow the rule of a tyrant,
3 min readWhy the Electoral College? Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and ChildrenArticle
Why the Electoral College?
Oct 1, 2020
3 min read1776, not 1619 Manhattan InstituteArticle
1776, not 1619
Oct 29, 2019
5 min readThe Constitution Is the Crisis The AtlanticArticle
The Constitution Is the Crisis
Oct 1, 2019
3 min readImpeachment May Not Remove An Official But Even Using The Word Leaves A Mark NPRArticle
Impeachment May Not Remove An Official But Even Using The Word Leaves A Mark
Feb 6, 2024
4 min readConstitutional Amendments Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and ChildrenArticle
Constitutional Amendments
Oct 1, 2020
The Founding Fathers hoped the U.S. Constitution would create a framework for “a more perfect union” for the United States. But they knew they couldn’t think of everything their young country might face, so they also included ways to change or modify
4 min read
Reviews for What is the Constitution?
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews