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3.2 An Enduring Document

Quiz by Mark Stegall

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11 questions
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  • Q1
    What Fraction of votes is needed to propose an Amendment?
    4/5
    3/5
    2/3
    1/3
    30s
  • Q2
    What fraction of votes is needed to ratify an amendment?
    1/5
    3/4
    2/3
    4/5
    30s
  • Q3
    Who is involved in ratifying an Amendment?
    House of Representatives
    Congress
    Senate
    State legislatures
    30s
  • Q4
    Who is involved in proposing an amendment?
    The courts
    President
    State Legislatures
    Congress
    30s
  • Q5
    What year did the government officially start operating under the Constitution?
    1787
    1789
    1794
    1801
    30s
  • Q6
    How many Amendments have been made to the Constitution?
    33
    18
    27
    25
    30s
  • Q7
    Which of the following best describes James Madison's view on amending the Cnstitution?
    He belied the Constitution should be amended every generation to reflect contemporary concerns
    He feared that frequent changes to the Constitution might cause periods of chaos to occur between revisions
    He thought that adding more amendments to the Constitution as time passed would give the document more authority
    He worried that failure to amend the Constitution would lead to the development of bitter factions
    30s
  • Q8
    How has the Constitution stayed relevant?
    It avoids any mention of concepts likely to change over time, such as voting rights or personal liberties
    Because it is so difficult to change, each new generation has had to adapt to its contents
    Amendments allow it to incorporate changing ideas and reflect the concerns of each generation
    The Framers accurately predicted the needs of each generation in the original document
    30s
  • Q9
    Which tow groups can propose a constitutional amendment?
    state legislatures and citizen groups
    Congress and state legislatures
    Congress and delegates to a national convention
    state legislatures and delegates to a national convention
    30s
  • Q10
    To amend the Constitution
    a state legislature must propose an amendment
    all 50 states must ratify the amendment
    a three-fourths majority of Congress must ratify the amendment
    conventions or legislatures in three-fourths of the states must ratify the amendment
    30s
  • Q11
    The Bill of Rights
    limits government power and protects individual freedoms
    includes the first 12 amendments to the Constitution.
    outlines the methods for amending the Constitution
    did not achieve ratification until the twentieth century.
    30s

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