3. Complete the table showing the ways amendments are proposed and ratified by choosing thecorrect answer below. Propose:? OR a national convention called by Congress atthe request of two-thirds of the statesRatify:⇨? OR each state calls a special ratifying conventionand three-fourths of them approve itWhich of these answers will correctly complete the table?a. presidential order; congressional petitionb. judicial review; congressional votec. ½ vote of both houses of Congress; ¼ of the 50 state legislatures. d. ⅔ vote of both houses of Congress; ¾ of the 50 state legislatures.

it was certainly a debatable decision, mainly because it was based primarily on political - and not on legal or social - views. since the congress at that time was led by members of the republican party, and the territory that the tribes wanted to turn into an exclusively indian state was predominantly democratic, the proposal (as expressed in the constitution) did not succeed, but the constitution itself proved to be of crucial importance in the creation of the state of oklahoma, and, most importantly, it guaranteed the involvement of representatives of the indian tribes in the government of the future joint state.  

as a member of congress, i would have voted to ratify the constitution, or at least to have it tabled. ignoring it was an interested and partial decision.  

i think you may have asked this twice, but i answered one of the

the correct answer would in fact be b. (: