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[单项选择]ThemakersoftheConstitutionknewthatchangeswouldbenecessaryandthatiftherewasnowayofmakingthem,theConstitutionwouldnolongerbeuseful.They,therefore,madeitpossibleforAmericanstochangetheConstitutionbyadoptingamendmentstoit,(31).AllamendmentswrittenintotheConstitutionhavebeenmadeinaccordancewithrules(32).Anamendmentmaybeproposedbytwo-thirdsofbothhousesofCongressorbyaconventioncalledbyCongress(33).Itmustthenbeapprovedbythree-fourthsofallthestates.Thenandonlythen(34).
Since1789(35).Tenofthemwereadoptedalmostimmediately(36).Theyaretheamendments(37)becausetheyprotecttherightsofindividuals.Someamendmentshaveextendedtherighttovotebyforbiddingdiscriminationinrespecttothefighttovoteonaccountofrace,colororsex,and(38).OnegreatamendmentabolishedslaveryintheUnitedStates.TheFourteenthAmendment,(39),hasdonemuchinrecentyearstobringgreaterjusticetoblackpeopleandothers.Otheramendmentshavechangedthemethodofelectingsenators(40),andincreasedthetaxingpowerofCongress.Byamendmentwehavesoughttoovercomedefectsinthe