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!
@Reed I think #1 would be A, #3 would be C, and #2 would be B. Am I correct now?
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1. Your answer for question 1 is incorrect. The correct answer is C. Fifteenth. To explain why, you need to understand the different amendments and their context. The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, granted African American men the right to vote but did not specifically mention women. Therefore, women could have argued that if African American men were granted the right to vote, women should also be granted the same right, using the Fifteenth Amendment as a basis.
2. Your answer for question 2 is incorrect. The correct answer is B. passed by both houses of Congress and three-fourths of state legislatures. To amend the Constitution, an amendment must be proposed by a two-thirds majority vote in both houses of Congress or by a national convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of state legislatures. It then needs to be ratified by three-fourths of state legislatures or through ratifying conventions in three-fourths of the states.
3. Your answer for question 3 is incorrect. The correct answer is C. the House of Representatives can bring impeachment charges. If the vice president (or any other federal official) is suspected of breaking laws or engaging in misconduct, the House of Representatives has the power to bring impeachment charges. Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally accuses an official of misconduct, and if the charges are proven, the official can be removed from office.
4. Your answer for question 4 is correct. Well done! The correct answer is D. the government sometimes has to protect the interests of the community. The phrase "promote the general Welfare" in the Preamble of the United States Constitution reflects the understanding of the framers that sometimes the government needs to take actions to protect and enhance the well-being of the community as a whole, beyond just protecting individual rights.
Remember to carefully consider the context and information related to each question to arrive at the correct answer. Keep up the good work!