Question

Part 1: Complete the chart that outlines the process that an amendment has to follow to become part of the Constitution. Some information appears for you.
AMENDMENT PROCESS: TWO MAIN STEPS

Answer 1

Step 1: Proposal
- Amendment can be proposed by either Congress or a national convention requested by two-thirds of the state legislatures.
- If proposed by Congress, the amendment must pass with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- If proposed by a national convention requested by two-thirds of the state legislatures, the proposed amendment must be ratified by three-fourths of the states.

Step 2: Ratification
- Once an amendment is proposed, it must be ratified by three-fourths of the states.
- Ratification can be done either by state legislatures or by state conventions, depending on the method chosen by Congress.
- Ratification by state legislatures requires approval by three-fourths of the states' legislatures.
- Ratification by state conventions requires approval by three-fourths of the states' conventions.
- Once three-fourths of the states have ratified the proposed amendment, it becomes part of the Constitution.