The Amendments

What is the name of the first 10 amendments?

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

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The number of amendments that have been added to the Constitution is

• 25
• 27
• 10
• 16

Which amendment protects the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?

• Amendment 1
• Amendment 17
• Amendment 2
• Amendment 4

What is one of the steps required by the Constitution for ratifying a proposed amendment? 

• The Senate alone approves a proposed amendment with a majority vote.
• A majority of the states' legislatures are required to approve a propose amendment.
• Three ­fourths of the states' legislatures are required to ratify a proposed amendment. 
• The House of Representatives alone approves a proposed amendment with a three­fourths vote.

What is another one of the steps required by the Constitution for ratifying a proposed amendment? 

• The Senate alone approves a proposed amendment with a majority vote.
• The House of Representatives alone approves a proposed amendment with a three­fourths vote.
• a national convention where 2 / 3 of all states are represented cotes to introdroduces and amendment followed by 3 / 4 of the state legislatures approving the amendment
• A majority of the states' legislatures are required to approve a propose amendment.

an amendment is best defined as:

• to confirm by expressing consent of approval
• to officially cancel or overturn
• a change to a constitution

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 the 2nd Amendment?

• The right to shoot bears
• The right to bear arms
• The right to go bear in the forrest
• The right to have two arms that belong to bears

What are the two steps of the amendment process?

• Proposal and Committee
• Ratification and Approval
• Delegation and Ratification
• Proposal and Ratificaiton

1st Amendment

• Freedom of speech, religion, press petition and assembly
• No illegal searches and seizures
• The right to bear arms
• No quartering troops