Bill of Rights and Amendments
Resource: Article V of the Constitution and the 27 amendments in the appendixes of The American Democracy

€¢ How and why do amendments become part of the Constitution?

€¢ What problems with the original document motivated the adoption of the Bill of Rights?

€¢ What have been the effects of the Bill of Rights?

€¢ What problems with the original document, or changes in society, led to later amendments? Choose one of the following groups to discuss:

o Thirteenth through Fifteenth Amendments
o Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth, and Twenty-Sixth Amendments
o Twelfth, Twenty-Second, and Twenty-Fifth Amendments

€¢ What have been the effects of these later amendments?