Amendment Research

US History.org Visit this website to learn more about amendments.

Directions: Copy the following questions into a Google Doc.
Name the Doc - Amendment Research (Room#).
Record your answers in the Google Doc.

Name:
Room:

1. Define the following terms:
• Bill of Rights
• amendment
• ratified
• preamble
2. Amendment # (write the amendment you selected here):
3. Date amendment was ratified
4. What does this amendment mean in plain English? What rights does it give you?
5. How do you believe the common good is helped through the protections afforded by this amendment to the constitution? (Why is this important?)
6. Describe how this right might be useful to a citizen of the United States. Describe a scenario where this right would apply.
7. As of 2012, how many amendments that came after the bill of rights (include the number and an explanation of what the change was to the constitution).