Amendments to the Constitution

Our forefathers created the Constitution to become a living document this means it's forever changing. It can be expanded upon and changed because of amendments. The forefathers adopted the Bill of Rights to fix problems with the Constitution. The first thing we want to explain how and why the amendments became part of the Constitution, the problems with the original document, and the effects of the Bill of Rights.

The Constitution can be amended in two ways. The House of Representatives and Senate have to vote on the amendment and pass by a vote of two thirds of the house and be ratified by three fourth of the various state legislature. Today that will take thirty eight of the fifty states to ratify an amendment. According Linder (2012), next," the Constitution might be amended by a Convention called for this purpose by two-thirds of the state legislatures, if the Convention's proposed amendments are later ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures."(para 1)

The amendments were added because of the way America was changing throughout the centuries. The farmers set up the constitution just for this reason. You can see the changes that have been impact by having the amendment to the constitution. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton was part of the fight during the Women Suffrage Movement which help fight for women rights and equality. If not for the passing of the 19th amendment which granted women the rights to vote and the 26th amendment entitled people over the age of eighteen the rights to vote, this would still be a thing of the pass if not for the amendments to the constitution. . (Patterson, 2009, Chapter3)

The original Constitution did not point out people's rights and the prevention of abuse of federal government power. This was something's that the anti-federalist argued over during the ratification of the Constitution. They thought that without the Bill of Rights we would repeat or become ruled like England. Another issue was the disagreement over the nature and presence of slavery by the north and south. The federalist wanted a strong national government so there would be a since of law and order. The anti-federalist thought that it gave the federal government too much power. They came to an agreement of the Bill of Rights to solve some of the problems that help ratify the constitution, which protected the people's individual rights and liberties. The first ten amendments served the purpose protect certain rights and privileges