What is a good way to present the Bill of Rights and Amendments in a power point Presentation

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Resources: The United States Constitution and the 27 amendments in Appendix A of Constitutional Law and appropriate websites

Prepare a 10- to 12-slide presentation using a presentation software of your choice, for example, Microsoft® PowerPoint® or Prezi.

Select the :Twelfth, Twenty-Second, and Twenty-Fifth Amendments

Include the following in your presentation:

  • 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?
  • Include introduction and conclusion slides and speaker notes.Cite at least three sources to support the content of your presentation.

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The Bill of Rights and Amendments
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Date

Introduction





The 12th Amendment provides the procedure for electing the president and vice president
The 22nd Amendment limits the number of times one can be elected as president
The 25th Amendment deals with the succession of the president
Problems with the original document led to these amendments

How and why the Twelfth amendment
became part of the constitution






Formed from two amendments proposed in the New York state legislatures
It was proposed by the Congress in 1803 and ratified by the state legislatures in 1804
The nearly disastrous election of 1800 led to the 12th Amendment
The electors voted for two persons one of whom became the president
The electors would often fail to reach majority approval of a specific candidate

How and why the Twenty-Second
Amendment became part of the
Constitution
• Proposed by the Congress in 1947 and ratified by the states in 1951





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