tates were also given a chance to propose changes, or amendments. Three-fourths of the states have to approve the amendment for it to become law. In the past 200 years, the Constitution has been amended 27 times. The 13th Amendment, in 1865, forever banned the practice of slavery.
The National Reclamation Act directly affected the management of "A. Water," since it was thought that water was being both wasted an allowed to become infected with certain pollutants.