Question

Please check my answers!

1. The Nineteenth Amendment granted women the right to vote, but women had been fighting for years for this right. Before the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, which existing amendment could women have used to argue that they should have the right to vote?
A. First
B. Fourteenth
C. Fifteenth***
D. Ninth

2. For an amendment to be added to the Constitution, the amendment has to be
A. ordered by the president and then passed by both houses of congress.
B. passed by both houses of Congress and three-fourths of state legislatures.
C. declared constitutional by the members of the Supreme Court.
D. passed by both houses of Congress and a majority of the nation's eligible voters.***

3. It seems the vice president has broken some laws. What can be done about the situation?
A. the president can fire the vice president
B. the people can vote the vice president out of office
C. the House of Representatives can bring impeachment charges
D. the Supreme Court can put the vice president on trial***

4. The Preamble to the United States Constitution includes the phrase "promote the general Welfare" because its authors knew that
A. people can be expected to act in the best interests of the community
B. the government would have to set up welfare programs in the future
C. the government needed to protect its citizens from attacks by Native Americans
D. the government sometimes has to protect the interests of the community***

Thank you!

Answer 1

I agree with your answer to #4, D. The others are wrong.

Answer 2

@Reed I think #1 would be A, #3 would be C, and #2 would be B. Am I correct now?

Answer 3

Still wrong on #1. Correct now on #2 & #3. Look up those amendments and read them. You're on your own now.

Answer 4

fourteen