USA HISTORY

The Framers of the U.S. Constitution intentionally made the amendment process difficult in order to ____

(A) force people to vote

(B) ** discourage Americans from making minor or frequent changes

(C) discourage people from becoming too involved in government

(D) encourage state legislatures to stay out of the process

Concept note-1: -The Framers, the men who wrote the Constitution, wanted the amendment process to be difficult. They believed that a long and complicated amendment process would help create stability in the United States. Because it is so difficult to amend the Constitution, amendments are usually permanent.

Concept note-2: -The founders made the amendment process difficult because they wanted to lock in the political deals that made ratification of the Constitution possible. Moreover, they recognized that, for a government to function well, the ground rules should be stable.