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U.S. Const., Art. V:
"The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate."
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The amendment process requires 2 steps proposal and?
proposal and ratification
The participation of both the federal government and state governments in the amendment process is evidence of what constitutional principle?
Federalism
Which Constitutional amendment extended to the states the restriction that a state cannot deny an individual his constitutional rights?
14th amendment
A change or addition to the Constitution?
an amendment
What was the constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery and indentured servitude?
Thirteenth amendment
