Congress Creates the Bill of Rights
Congress Creates the Bill of Rights Summary
Congress Creates the Bill of Rights is a mobile iOS app in Education by National Archives and Records Administration. Released in Sep 2014 (11 years ago). It has 5.00 ratings with a 4.00★ (good) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 4.00 monthly active users . Store metadata: updated Jul 21, 2015.
Store info: Last updated on App Store on Jul 21, 2015 .
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Ratings: 5.00
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App Description
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.