Failed Amendments
This proposed amendment would protect women's rights under the Constitution.
What is the Equal Rights Amendment?
To add to, to change
What is "amend"?
Protects the right to keep and bear arms
What is the 2nd amendment?
The Constitutional Convention occurred in this city.
Where is Philadelphia?
To agree, sign, or approve
What is "ratify"?
This amendment would give DC full representation in Congress
What is the DC Voting Rights Act?
The right to vote
What is suffrage?
These are the five freedoms of the first amendment.
What is freedom of religion, assembly, petition, press, and speech (RAPPS)?
This political group supported the ratification of the new Constitution
Who are the Federalists?
This political group supported states' rights in the government
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
This amendment would have restricted the work hours of children under 16
What is the Child Labor Amendment?
To accuse of wrongdoing
What is "impeach"?
This amendment protects against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishments
What is the 8th amendment?
This plan suggested a unicameral (one house) legislature where every state received equal representation
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This is the percent of states needed to ratify a new constitutional amendment.
What is 3/4 (38 states)?
This amendment would protect the flag as a symbol of the U.S.
What is the Flag Desecration Amendment?
This principle of the Constitution states that government power resides in the people
What is popular sovereignty?
This amendment is known as the "Rights of the Accused"
What is the 5th amendment?
This is the number of states needed to ratify the Constituion.
What is 9?
What are Reconstruction Amendments?
This amendment would have prohibited the Federal Government from receiving gifts, emoluments, offices, or titles from foreign states without Congress’s consent
What is the Titles of Nobility Amendment?
2 house legislature
What is "bicameral"?
These rights are protected under the 10th amendment.
What are the rights of the states and people?
Number of delegates participated in the Constitutional Convention
What is 55?
This outlined a plan for applying for statehood to western territories
What is the Northwest Ordinance?