Amendment Process

What is an amendment?

• a change to the constitution
• a suggestion to change the constitution
• to make something official
• a time where one gathers with one's family and drinks hot cocoa

What is a proposal?

• a change to the constitution
• a suggestion to change the constitution
• to make something official
• a time where one gathers with one's family and drinks hot cocoa

What is an ratification?

• a change to the constitution
• a suggestion to change the constitution
• to make something official
• a time where one gathers with one's family and drinks hot cocoa

What are the two steps to amending the U.S. Constitution?

• Proposal and Voting
• Introduction and Voting
• Proposal and Ratification
• Introduction and Voting

Who can propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

• the President
• the states
• Congress
• the Supreme Court

Who ratifies an amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

• the President
• the states
• Congress
• the Supreme Court

Who are the two groups that can propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

• by the President and Congress
• the Supreme Court and Congress
• President and Governor
• Congress and a Convention

What are the two ways an amendment can be ratified?

• by Congress and a Convention
• by the States and a Convention
• by the President and a Convention
• by the Supreme Court and Congress

After a change to the constitution has been proposed by 2/3 of both Houses of Congress, what fraction of the state legislatures must ratify (approve) the amendment before it is added to the U.S. Constitution?

• 2/3

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 1/3

While over 10,000 attempts have been made to change the constitution, it has only been done ______ times.

• 10
• 100
• 51
• 27