The Tenth Amendment: States' Rights

by Elizabeth Raum

Overview

The Bill of Rights was written more than 200 years ago, but it's still just as relevant and important today as it was back then. Readers will take a look at what caused the Tenth Amendment to be born and what effects the amendment has had through history and today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515771623
Publisher:	Capstone Press
Publication date:	08/01/2017
Series:	Cause and Effect: The Bill of Rights
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.75(w) x 8.75(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	970L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 10 Years

About the Author

Elizabeth Raum has written over two-dozen nonfiction books for young readers, including a biography of Louis Armstrong for Capstone Press. Over the years, she has worked as a middle school and high school English teacher, an elementary school librarian, and a college library director. Elizabeth Raum has written many nonfiction books for children. Two of her Capstone You Choose books, Orphan Trains: An Interactive History Adventure (2011) and Can You Survive Storm Chasing? (2012), are Junior Library Guild selections. Elizabeth lives in Michigan with her husband, Richard.

Table of Contents

States in Charge 4

What Caused the Tenth Amendment? 6

Powers to the States 16

Immediate Effects of the Tenth Amendment 18

Testing the Tenth 20

The Tenth Today 26

Glossary 30

Read More 31

Internet Sites 31

Critical Thinking Questions 32

Index 32

Interviews

engaging, active text that provides authoritative and substantive information on the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution; sidebars, Fast Facts, and infographics help readers to understand the subject matter