Question

Choose two amendments to the Constitution from the slideshow to research. Research the amendments to answer the following questions: How does the amendment protect citizen rights? Who supported it? Why did they support it? Who did not support it? Why were they against it? When was it introduced? When was it ratified? What history and events led to its ratification?

Answer 1

Amendment XIII:

The 13th Amendment was the amendment that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment protects citizens' rights because it ensures that the liberty of all people is protected. The amendment was particularly supported by Northern states, and rejected by most Southern states. Northern states supported it because it led to a more egalitarian society. Southern states did not support it because it deeply affected their traditional way of living. The amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864 and by the House on January 31, 1865. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments that were adopted as a consequence of the American Civil War.

Amendment II:

The Second Amendment states the right of an individual to keep and bear arms. This amendment protects citizens' rights by giving them a way to defend themselves and resist oppression. However, the specific nature and limitations of the amendment have been heavily debated. The amendment was ratified on December 15, 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, and it was influenced by the right to keep and bear arms in English common law. One of the strongest supporters of this amendment was James Madison, who discussed this right in Federalist No. 46.

Answer 2

Answer:

The amendment are the 19th amendment and the 26th amendment.

The 19th amendment protects the rights of all women and citizens to vote no matter their race or sex. Their votes shall not be denied. While the 26th amendment protects the rights of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote.

Men that had power and that were rich were probably against it because they were not willing to share their power with women. They probably didn’t want women to have the same rights at them. The 26th amendment received overwhelming support in Congress and it took only four months for the states to ratify it.

The 19th Amendment was introduced to Congress in 1878. The 26th amendment was introduced on March 23, 1971.

The women rights movement led to the 19th amendment ratification. The slogan “old enough to fight, old enough to vote led to the 26th amendment.

The 19th amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920. While the 26th amendment was ratified on July 1st, 1971.

The women rights movement led to the 19th amendment ratification. The slogan “old enough to fight, old enough to vote led to the 26th amendment.