Resource: Article V of the Constitution and the 27 amendments in the appendixes of The American Democracy
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you answer the following questions:
• 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?
Cite at least three sources to support the content of your paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
