Write a 1,050 word essay that addresses the following:
· 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?