The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-05-16
THE CONSTITUTION

Question: What is the Constitution of the United
States?
Answer: 1t is written instrument declaring the pow
granted by the people of the United States for the
establishing of the Federal Government; providing the
machinery of government dividing into legislative
dcial and executive branches, defining the power and
duty of each and asserting certain principles by which
they to be governed
Question: How was the Constitution of the United
States drafted? :.
Answer: 1t was drafted by representatives selected
by the original thirteen states with the exception of
Rhode Island, in convention held Philadelphia Pa
in the year 1887.
Question: How the Constitution of the United
States adopted and when did it become effective?
Answer: 1t submitted to conventions chosen in
each of the thirteen consider it and ratified
by them. 1t became effective the fourth day of March,
1889 which time the government was inauguraed
with George Washington as the first President
Question: Was there any opposition to the adoption
of the Constitution and on what grounds?
Answer: Yes. Ratification was vigorously opposed
by such Patrick Henry Benja Harrison, John
Tyler and Richard Henry Lee OF Virginia, Elbridge
Gerry of Massachusetts,, Luther Martin and Samuel
Chase of Maryland, Thomas Sumter of South Carolina,
Governor George Clinton and Melanchton Smith of New
York. The principal objections that the Constitu
ton destructive of the rights of the states since it
declared that the people the source of power; that
the plan of government created expensive and
that contained bill of rights. The opponents of the
Constitution, however, set good example the oppo
of tho Eighteenth Amendment by supporting the
Constitution after it adopted
Question: How may the Constitution of the United
States be amended?
Answer: "The Congress- whenever two-thirds of both
Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amend
to the Constitution, the application of the
Legislatures of thirds of the several states shall call
convention for proposing amendments which, in either
case shall be valid all ntens and purposes part of
the Constitution when ratified by the Legislatures of
treeourths of the several states by conventions in
threeourths thereof, the the other mode of
ratification may be proposed by the Congress-"
THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT
Question: What does the Eighteenth Amendment
prohibit?
Answer: The Eighteenth Amendment prohibits the
manufacture sale transportation of Intoxicating q
uors within the importation thereof into the expora
ton thereof the United States and all territory sub
Just to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes.
Question: How was the Eighteenth Amendment
adopted?
Answer In the Sxty-ffth Congress resolution pro-
posing the Eighteenth Amendment presented in the
Senate by Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas and in the
House of Representatives by Representative Edwin Y.
Webb of North Carolina referred to the judiciary
mittees Of the House and Senate respectively,
commended by these committees for passage in both
Houses The resolution was adopted in the Senate
August l. 1917 and in the House, with slight amend
ments, on December IL 1917. On December 18, 1917,
the Senate voted to concur in the House amendments