Amendment process

The Framers of the U.S. Constitution wrote the amendment process to make certain changing the constitution would not be an easy thing to do. The purpose of the amendment process is to...

• make sure the President wouldn't become a dictator.
• make sure the constitution wouldn't be changed often and would be favored by the American people.
• make sure Congress would have harder jobs.
• make sure the people could overthrow the government one day.

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

Ratification of an amendment is approval by ______ of the states.

• 2/3
• 1/2
• 3/4
• 100%