Outline the processes used to amend state constitutions
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response would be:
Amendments to state constitutions may be proposed by state legislatures, citizen-initiated ballot petitions, or constitutional conventions. After an amendment has been proposed, it must be ratified. In all states except Delaware, where the legislature can ratify as well as propose amendments, ratification is by the voters. In most states, an amendment becomes part of the constitution when approved by a majority of those who actually vote on it. In some other states—such as Minnesota—approval by a majority of all those voting in the election is required.
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As the most powerful nation-states of their time, these two nation-states were responsible for playing a key role in maintaining the balance of power after the Congress of Vienna in 1815
a. Great Britain and Russia c. France and Austria-Hungary b. Great Britain and France d. Germany and the United States
The Constitution specifically provided that there would be a Supreme Court,
A) and established a system of lower federal courts throughout the nation. B) but left it up to the individual states to establish lower federal courts of general jurisdiction. C) but left it to the discretion of Congress to establish lower federal courts of general jurisdiction. D) but left it up to the Supreme Court itself to establish lower federal courts of general jurisdiction. E) and granted the President the power to establish any lower federal courts he deemed necessary.