LEARNING OBJECTIVES/ GOALS/ SWBAT

1. STANDARD(S):12.1 Students explain the fundamental principles and moral values of American democracy. CH 3-SEC 2 LEARNING OBJECTIVES/ GOALS/ SWBAT • Identify the four different ways by which the Constitution may be formally changed. • Explain how the formal amendment process illustrates the principles of federalism and popular sovereignty. • Understand that several amendments have been proposed, but not ratified. • Outline the 27 amendments that have been added to the Constitution.

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3. Key Terms • amendment: a change to the written words of the Constitution • formal amendment: one of four ways to change or add to the written language of the Constitution • ratified: the act of approving a proposed amendment • Bill of Rights: the name given to the first ten amendments to the Constitution, which guarantee many basic freedoms; all ten amendments were ratified in 1791

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6. Introduction • How has the Constitution been amended through the formal amendment process? • The majority of amendments have been proposed by a two-thirds vote of Congress and ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures. • An amendment can also be ratified by state conventions held in three fourths of the states. This has only happened once.

7. Changing with the Times The amendment process allows the Constitution to adapt to the changing needs of our nation and society. The United States has gone from a farming nation of less than 4 million people to a high-tech country with a population of more than 300 million. Portions of the Constitution have been added, deleted, or altered as a result of amendments.

8. The Amendment Process • Article V of the Constitution describes the amendment process. Amendments may be proposed: • By a two-thirds vote of each house of Congress. [Done for 26 of 27 amendments.] • By a national convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures. [Done for the 21st amendment.]

9. The Amendment Process, cont. • Amendments can be ratified: • By three-fourths of the state legislatures. • By conventions in three-fourths of the states. [A method not yet used.]

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18. Review Formal Amendment Process • The four different ways by which amendments may be added to the Constitution are shown here:

20. Bill of Rights Collectively, the first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights. They set out many of our basic freedoms.

21. The 27 Amendments, cont. • 1791 - Amendments 1-10 • Bill of Rights • 1795 - Amendment 11 • States immune from certain lawsuits • 1804 - Amendment 12 • Changes in electoral college procedures • 1865 - Amendment 13 • Abolition of Slavery • 1868 - Amendment 14 • Citizenship, equal protection, and due process • 1870 - Amendment 15 • No denial of vote because of race, color or previous enslavement

22. The 27 Amendments, cont. • 1913 - Amendment 16 • Congress given the power to tax incomes • 1913 - Amendment 17 • Popular election of U.S. • Senators • 1919 - Amendment 18 • Prohibition of alcohol • 1920 - Amendment 19 • Women’s suffrage • 1933 - Amendment 20 • Change of dates for presidential and congressional terms • 1933 - Amendment 21 • Repeal of prohibition (Amendment 18)

23. The 27 Amendments, cont. • 1951 - Amendment 22 • Limit on presidential terms • 1961 - Amendment 23 • District of Columbia allowed to vote in presidential elections • 1964 - Amendment 24 • Ban of tax payment as voter qualification • 1967 - Amendment 25 • Presidential succession, vice presidential vacancy, and presidential disability • 1971 - Amendment 26 • Voting age changed to 18 • 1992 - Amendment 27 • Congressional pay

24. Amendments to the Constitution Collectively, the first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights.They set out many of our basic freedoms. Chapter 3, Section 2

25. Federalism • Checkpoint: How does the federal amendment process reflect the concept of federalism? • Amendments are proposed at the national level andratified at the state level by legislatures or conventions. • A state can reject an amendment and later decide to ratify it. • But a state cannot change its mind after it votes to ratify an amendment. • The President cannot veto proposed amendments.

26. Popular Sovereignty The amendment process is based on popular sovereignty. The people elect the representatives who vote to propose or ratify amendments. Some critics argue that conventions are a better way to ratify amendments than state legislatures, because state legislators are rarely elected based upon their views on an amendment. The Supreme Court has ruled that states cannot require a proposed amendment to be approved by popular vote before the state legislature can ratify it.

27. The Bill of Rights • Checkpoint: What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights? • They spell out many basic rights and liberties. • Many people would not support the Constitution until a Bill of Rights was promised.

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29. Proposed Amendments • Most suggested amendments are never proposed by Congress. • Congress has sent only 33 of some 15,000 suggested amendments to the states. • Six proposed amendments were not ratified by the states. • Congress can set a “reasonable” time limit for ratification, usually around seven years. • List of failed amendments …

30. Since 1789, Congress has approved 33 constitutional amendments. Twenty-seven of those amendments were eventually ratified and became part of the Constitution. Six failed after being sent to the states. 1. House Size "Article the First“ basically provided a way to regulate the expansion of the House of Representatives as the country grew. Among other provisions, the amendment stated that after the House grew beyond 200 members, there would be no more than one representative for every 50,000 citizens. Still pending ratification. 2. Gifts From Abroad The Titles of Nobility amendment, it stated that any U.S. citizen who accepted a title of nobility or honor from a foreign power would cease to be an American citizen and would no longer be eligible to hold an American office. Because there was no clause in the amendment that set a deadline for ratification, Still pending ratification. 3. "Persons Held to Labor or Service" The Corwin Amendment made it through Congress in 1861, The amendment, read, "No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.“ (SLAVERY), still pending ratification. 4. Child Labor The Child Labor Amendment sought to curb some of the horrifying child labor practices by giving Congress the exclusive power to "limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under 18 years of age.“ Still pending ratification,. 5. Equality Now The Equal Rights Amendment : "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.“ Some critics worried that the amendment would make women eligible for the draft and to serve in combat duty, while many working class women's groups were concerned that the amendment would nullify any of the protective labor laws that had been helping women in industrial fields. Congress approved the amendment in 1972, but unlike the previous failed amendments, this one had a time limit for its ratification. The original deadline for ratification expired in 1982, only 35 of the required 38 states ratified the amendment. The amendment isn't totally dead, though; a Congressman has reintroduced it every year since the original 1982 deadline. 6. D.C. Statehood The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment , In 1978 the 96th Congress approved an amendment that would have repealed the 23rd Amendment — which gives D.C. its Electoral College votes — and instead given the citizens of the District full congressional representation and the same ability to vote in national elections. When the amendment expired in 1985, only 16 states had ratified it, leaving it well short of the 38 ratifications it needed.

31. The 27 Amendments • Many of the 27 current amendments were proposed in response to legal disputes, social conflicts, or perceived constitutional problems. • The 12th Amendment resolved a problem with the presidential election process. • The 13th Amendment abolished slavery.

32. The 27 Amendments, cont. • The 15th, 19th, and 26th Amendments each extended voting rights to a new segment of society: • African Americans • Women • 18-year olds Inez Milholland

33. Civil War Amendments • Amendment 13 • Abolition of Slavery • Amendment 14 • Citizenship, equal protection, and due process • Amendment 15 • No denial of vote because of race, color or previous enslavement

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37. Review • Now that you have learned how the Constitution has been amended through the formal amendment process, go back and answer the Chapter Essential Question. • How has the Constitution lasted through changing times?