Civics - Chapter 5 Section 3 Notes

How can you change the nation through the Constitution?

1. Change the Constitution through amendments 2. Interpreting the Constitution by Congress in order to pass a law 3. Customs and traditions

What are the two steps of proposing an amendment?

1. Proposing an amendment 2. ratifying

What are the two steps of ratifying an amendment?

1. send the proposed amendment to state legislators 2. send the proposal to a State Convention and the people vote on it

When was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

1791

How many votes does the amendment you need to be proposed?

2/3

How many amendments have been added since the Constitution was written in 1789?

27

How many states must approve to ratify this amendment?

3/4

How many states needed to ratify an amendment?

3/4 or 38 States

How many states can ask Congress to call a convention to propose an amendment?

34 out of 50

What is an amendment?

A change to the Constitution

Where are amendments found in the Constitution?

Article 5

When is states asking Congress to call a convention used?

Congress is not pass an amendment that the people want

Why did the Framers create the Constitution?

Framers of the Constitution needed to make a document that would allow the government to changes in the United States changed

What needs to happen in order to meet new challenges that would arise in the nation?

adaptation

What events have been become known as Unwritten Constitution?

customs and traditions

Are conventions successful?

no

What amendment has been repealed? What amendment repealed it?

the 18th amendment was repealed by the 21st Amendment

What is an example of customs and traditions?

the State of the Union Address being on TV instead of just written in a letter to Congress

What is the Constitution nickname?

the flexible document

Who has the final word if Congress is just?

the judicial branch

What does repeal mean?

to cancel