SOURCES
- Ashland University, Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs, TeachingAmericanHistory.org (accessed August 6, 2009).
- Barry Faulkner, The Constitution, 1936, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, The Charters of Freedom (accessed August 6, 2009).
- Independence National Historical Park, "Assembly Room, Pennsylvania State House, later named Independence Hall, meeting place of Congress," U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, The Charters of Freedom (accessed August 6, 2009).
- Library of Congress, "I do solemnly swear . . .": Presidential Inaugurations (accessed August 6, 2009).
- Michael Kammen, A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture (New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1994).
- National Endowment for the Humanities, EDSITEment (accessed August 6, 2009).
- Project Gutenberg (accessed August 6, 2009).
- University of Virginia, American Studies Programs, Democracy in America: Tocqueville's America (accessed August 6, 2009).
Download
We the People . . . Rarely Agree
Instructions
September 17, Constitution Day, commemorates the 1787 signing of the Constitution. Ever since its creation, the Constitution has provoked patriotic passion and heated debate. Match the quotes below to the historical figure whose view of the Constitution they reveal.
24211