RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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ratify
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amendment
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assassination
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -An amendment is a change to the Constitution. The first ten amendments to the Constitution became known as the Bill of Rights.
Detailed explanation-2: -An amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the States request one, by a convention called for that purpose. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification.
Detailed explanation-3: -More than 11, 000 amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been proposed, but only 27 have been ratified. The first 10 amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791.
Detailed explanation-4: -Any existing constitutional amendment can be repealed but only by the ratification of another amendment. Because repealing amendments must be proposed and ratified by one of the same two methods of regular amendments, they are very rare.