What are two ways that amendments to the Constitution can be proposed? _______________ What are two ways that amendments to the Constitution can be ratified? ________________ Part IV. THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION Some parts of the Constitution require a simple majority, others a supermajority, while still others protect citizens from the will of the majority. The first ten amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights protect citizens from the will of the majority. In other words, no majority could vote to take these rights away. Read each amendment to the Constitution and answer the questions below. 1. Outline the general purpose of all 27 Amendments. Amendment 1 Amendment 2 Amendment 3 Amendment 4 Amendment 5 Amendment 6 Amendment 7 Amendment 8 Amendment 9 Amendment 10 Amendment 11
What are two ways that amendments to the Constitution can be proposed? _______________ What are two ways that amendments to the Constitution can be ratified? ________________ Part IV. THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION Some parts of the Constitution require a simple majority, others a supermajority, while still others protect citizens from the will of the majority. The first ten amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights protect citizens from the will of the majority. In other words, no majority could vote to take these rights away. Read each amendment to the Constitution and answer the questions below. 1. Outline the general purpose of all 27 Amendments. Amendment 1 Amendment 2 Amendment 3 Amendment 4 Amendment 5 Amendment 6 Amendment 7 Amendment 8 Amendment 9 Amendment 10 Amendment 11
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