The Miracle in Philadelphia

Monday, September 17, marks the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Can you pass a basic, 10-question quiz on the Constitution prepared by The national Constitution Center (NCC)? Let’s see if you know the basic facts about our nation’s blueprint and its most enduring document.
In 2004, Congress passed a controversial provision that required every school and college that receives federal money to teach about the Constitution on September 17.
The quiz contains questions about some basic Constitution facts that have remained unchanged since 1787.
>>Take NCC quiz by answering 10 basic questions on the Constitution. Good luck!
If you are interested in reading what is considered the best American history book on the Constitutional Convention, taken from James Madison’s meticulous notes kept throughout the convention, I highly recommend “Miracle at Philadelphia”: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787”
Here is one review of “Miracle at Philadelphia.”
“Miracle at Philadelphia” is Catherine Drinker Bowen's narrative account of the Constitutional Convention that is held in 1787, during which delegates from 12 of the 13 newly independent American states hammer out what will become the United States Constitution, which is still in effect today. Bowen works from the diaries and notes of delegates, including James Madison, and includes contemporary newspaper accounts to paint a human portrait of the Convention, complete with the tensions and dissensions between states that threaten to tear apart the Convention and perhaps even the young country. Miracle at Philadelphia is Catherine Drinker Bowen's narrative account of the Constitutional Convention that is held in 1787, during which delegates from 12 of the 13 newly independent American states hammer out what will become the United States Constitution, which is still in effect today. Bowen works from the diaries and notes of delegates, including James Madison, and includes contemporary newspaper accounts to paint a human portrait of the Convention, complete with the tensions and dissensions between states that threaten to tear apart the Convention and perhaps even the young country.





