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Step 1:
Describe how amendments have affected Americans' participation in government.
Give specific examples from the lesson, including amendment names or numbers.
Step 2:
Brainstorm an idea for a new amendment to the Constitution. Answer the following questions about your new amendment idea.
What will this amendment do?
Whom will it benefit and how?
Step 3:
Identify the process that your amendment will have to follow to become part of the Constitution. Some information appears for you.
Amendment Process: Two Main Steps
1: 2: Ratification
Method 1
Method 2 Two-thirds of state legislatures request a national convention
Step 4:
In your own words, answer the following questions about the amendment process.
Why did the Founding Fathers create an amendment process for the Constitution?
Why did they make the amendment process difficult to achieve?
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