Amendment Process

Which method has been used most to amend the Constitution?

• Passed by 2/3 of BOTH houses of Congress, and ratified by 3/4 of state legislatures

• Passed by 2/3 of BOTH houses of Congress, and ratified by 38 state conventions

• 2/3 of State Legislatures call a national convention, and ratification is by 3/4 of state legislatures

• Proposed by a National convention, and ratified by 3/4 of state conventions

What does Amend mean?

• Change

• Review

• Attach

• Repeal

What does ratify mean?

• to sign or give formal consent to something

• an unofficial change

• an unwritten rule that people abide by

• to change the constitution

Changes made to the constitution that do not involve changing the written words:

• The Written Constitution

• The Ratified Constitution

• The Unwritten Constitution

• The Unamended Constitution

Which is an example of the "Unwritten Constitution"?

• Legislation

• Executive Actions

• Judicial Review

• Political Parties

• All of the above

How many amendments are there to the Constitution?

• 25

• 26

• 27

• 28

TRUE/FALSE: Its very easy to amend the constitution

• True

• False

The only way to officially change the Constitution is:

• the ratification process

• the amendment process

• the legislation process

• the judicial process

TRUE/FALSE: As we change the Constitution, our we add and remove Constitutional principles

• True

• False

TRUE/FALSE: We don't notice changes to the Constitution because the process is slow, and our Constitutional Principles always stay the same

• True

• False