Constitutional Amendment Process and Semester 1 Review

What is 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

An amendment to the United States Constitution that limited Senators to two terms and Representatives to four terms failed because only two-thirds of the states ratified it.  

How could the proposed amendment still be passed?

• Two-thirds of the State Legislatures ratify the amendment
• Three-fourths of the State Legislatures ratify the amendment
• Two-thirds of both Houses of Congress ratify the amendment.
• Three-fourths of both Houses of Congress ratify the amendment.

Which of the following is necessary to propose a new amendment to the Constitution?

• approval by a popular vote held in every state
• approval by two thirds of the House and Senate
• approval by three quarters of the House and Senate
• approval by the legislatures in at least three fourths of the states

Ratification of proposed amendments happens

• by popular vote.
• at the state level.
• with a 3/4 approval of both houses of Congress.
• at the national level with a majority vote in Congress and presidential approval.

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 does it mean to ratify an amendment to the Constitution?

• revise it 
• reject it 
• approve it 
• send it to a committee

Which constitutional provision forbids conflict between state and federal laws? 

• supremacy clause
• habeas corpus
• elastic clause
• ex post facto 

Why did the British Parliament pass the Stamp Act?

• A.  to raise money for colonists to migrate west of the Appalachian Mountains
• A.  to raise money to pay for British debt acquired during the French & Indian War
• A.  to prevent the colonists from rebelling and starting their own country
• A.  to prevent British colonies in Canada from having to pay taxes

The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first direct tax the British government placed on the colonists. Why did the colonists find this tax unacceptable?

• The colonists preferred other items being taxed instead: cotton, tea, and tobacco.
•  The colonists wanted to only pay taxes created by local colonial governments.
• The colonists enjoyed writing many letters and didn't want to pay a stamp tax.
• The colonists couldn't afford to pay taxes.

Why was Thomas Paine’s Common Sense so important to the Revolutionary cause?

• It changed the minds of most of the members in the British Parliament.
• It changed the minds of both the King and other British subjects abroad.
• It gained the military and political support of the French government.
• It changed the minds of many former loyal colonists.