Forgotten Amendments and Their Impact

In 1982, Gregory Watson, a college student, discovered unread amendments to the US Constitution. These amendments, proposed but not ratified, included the Congressional pay amendment, which Watson successfully revived in 1992 as the 27th Amendment. Other amendments discussed include the congressional apportionment amendment, titles of nobility amendment, child labor amendment, and the Corwin amendment, which would have preserved slavery.

What did Gregory Watson discover while researching for his American government course?

• A category of unread amendments

• A new amendment to the US Constitution

• A loophole in the Constitution

• A forgotten law from the 1800s

How many unread amendments did Gregory Watson find during his research?

• Five

• Ten

• Three

• Seven

What was the main purpose of the Congressional pay amendment proposed by James Madison?

• To allow Congress to set its own pay

• To decrease the number of Congress members

• To prevent Congress from giving itself an immediate pay raise

• To increase the salaries of Congress members

Who originally proposed the Congressional pay amendment?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• James Madison

What would have been the result if the congressional apportionment amendment had been ratified?

• A decrease in the number of Congress members

• A complex formula for reapportioning the US House of Representatives

• An increase in the salaries of Congress members

• A new method for electing the President

Which amendment aimed to prevent the establishment of titles of nobility in the US?

• The titles of nobility amendment

• The Corwin amendment

• The child labor amendment

• The Congressional pay amendment

What was the Corwin amendment intended to protect?

• The institution of slavery

• The salaries of Congress members

• The rights of child laborers

• The titles of nobility

What was the main focus of the child labor amendment?

• To abolish child labor

• To regulate child labor

• To protect child labor rights

• To increase child labor

In what year did Gregory Watson successfully get the Congressional pay amendment ratified?

• 1861

• 1787

• 1992

• 1982

What did Gregory Watson argue about the forgotten amendments in his paper?

• They were irrelevant and should be ignored

• They could still be revived

• They were unconstitutional

• They should be rewritten