History in 5

Constitution Explained: Voting Rights, Taxes, and More

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Why did the Framers make the U.S. Constitution so hard to change? After all, of more than 11,000 amendments proposed since the birth of the United States, only 27 have been ratified. What did each of these amendments do?

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