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The Amendment Process
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2. You have 5 minutes to… Read p. 171 Define vocabulary terms Amended
Article V

3. Amendments
The authors of the Constitution knew that people might want to change it in the future
They provided rules for the Constitution to be amended (added to or changed)
Article V established a two-step process for amendments

4. Step 1: Proposing the Amendment
Option 1
Option 2
Two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress
Two-thirds of state legislatures request a national convention to amend the Constitution

5. Step 2: Ratifying the Amendment
Option 1
Option 2
Ratification by three-fourths of the state legislatures
(3/4 state legislatures vote to pass it)
Ratification by special ratification conventions in three-fourths of states.
(special meetings in 3/4 of states)
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