SS.7.C.3.5 Amendment to the Constitution

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

How many states represented in Congress have to ratify an Amendment?

• 3/4
• 2/3
• 4/5
• All

How many amendments were in the ratified Bill of Rights?

• 8
• 9
• 10
• 12

What Article talks about The executive branch?

• I
• V
• II
• VI

What Article talks about the Judiciary Branch

• I
• IV
• III
• V

What Article talks about the Legislative Branch

• II
• I
• VI
• VII

How many total amendments to the Constitution are there?

• 27
• 26
• 28
• 10

An amendment can be proposed

• by state legislatures.
• by any legal member of the electorate.
• by a joint resolution of Congress.
• at a national hotel convention.

How many states must approve of a proposed amendment before it becomes part of the Constitution?

• 2/3s
• 34
• 3/4
• 37.5

How was the 21st Amendment ratified?

• By popular vote
• By state legislatures
• By state ratifying conventions
• By signature of President Franklin Roosevelt