3.5 Amendment Process

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A change made to the Constitution is called a/an:

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amendment

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Which is the last step in amending the U.S. Constitution?

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Three-fourths of the state legislatures ratify the amendment.

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“The amendment process is long and difficult.” What is the best interpretation of the statement?

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Many amendments have been filed but only a few have been ratified.

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What is usually the first step of amending the Constitution?

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2/3's of both houses of Congress must approve the proposed amendment.

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What is President Lincoln implying in the statement: “This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.”?

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By amending the Constitution, we are exercising our constitutional right

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Why did the Founding Fathers feel it was necessary to amend the Constitution?

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Amending the Constitution can reflect changing times, beliefs, and social conditions.

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Based on the passage from Barack Obama's 2006 book, The Audacity of Hope, which statement about the amendment process would Senator Obama support?

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The U.S. Constitution is difficult to amend.

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Based on the headline, what happened before the event presented in the image?

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Two-thirds of each house of Congress voted to support the amendment