AMERICAN GOVERNMENT WRITING PROMPT Directions: Answer the following by writing one paragraph. This paragraph must be four to six sentences in length. PROMPT I am a foreigner in the United States. I have immigrated here to start a new life in America. There is one item about your government I do not understand and that is how do you change your constitution? I believe it is called the amendment process. Please explain how the proposal and ratification process works.

The proposal and ratification process work is explained below in details.

Explanation:

In the congressional project process, two-thirds of both assemblies of Congress must introduce an improvement. The recommended improvement must then be ratified by three-fourths of state representatives or state legislatures, as accepted by Congress. ... The amendment is proposed at this conference.

the second significant cause of the great migration was the desire of black southerners to escape segregation, known euphemistically as jim crow. rural african american southerners believed that segregation - and racism and prejudice against blacks - was significantly less intense in the north.

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.