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=126C= =** The Twelfth Amendment **= Twelfth Amendment Definition: The Twelfth to the United States Constitution provides the procedure for electing the President and Vice President

In Your Own Words: The 12th amendment states each elector must vote for a President and a Vice president instead of casting two votes for the President.

Research Focus Questions: Question: What impact did your amendment have on society at that time? Answer: The effect of the Twelfth Amendment was that separate votes for presidential and vice presidential candidates. The House of Representatives would chose who to cast votes, with the system of a one vote per state from the person with 1st 2nd and third most votes. The Twelfth Amendment came into effect with the 1804 election. (JR) []

Second Research Focus Question: What issues prompted the creation of your amendment?

Answer: There were a lot of issues that prompted the twelfth amendment. To get right to it, the twelfth amendment had a main issue that started it, that issue was a tie between Vice President and President. Since this has never happened before in the Constitution, the government was worried. Another issue was citizens were voting twice for the president. That was fixed, but it was another worry for the time. All of these issues prompted the creation of the 12th amendment, and that was what fixed them all, the 12th amendment. (LS)

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1. Why did the 12th amendment get ratified? (LS)

Answer: The 12th amendment got ratified because there was a huge flaw in the Electoral Collage. This flaw consists of a tie when there was a Presidential and Vice Presidential vote. Usually, the runner up for President gets to be Vice-President, but when this happened in 1796 and 1800, Aaron Burr got the same amount of votes as Presidential Candidate Thomas Jefferson. So since there could be no Vice President, the 12th amendment had came. The 12th amendment fixed this by making the Presidential Vote and the Vice Presidential Vote on different ballots for the voters. This made sure that there would be no more confusion/ties on election day. If there ever is a tie, the senate steps in to vote.

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2. What was the reaction of the people when the 12th amendment got ratified? (LS)

Answer: The reaction of the people when the 12th amendment got ratified was positive. Every colony passed the 12th amendment- one by one- and therefore it was ratified. Since each colony passed the 12th amendment the reaction from them was pretty much, they just wanted to fix the Electoral Collage and its flaw. First up, North Carolina, making the first vote. Then once the amendment got eight votes, to make it an official amendment came New Jersey. When all of the colonies voted, they were happy to know that something like this wouldn't happen in the Electoral Collage again. Therefore their reaction (the people) is positive, happy, and overall good.

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3. What was the effect of the 12th amendment getting ratified? (LS)

Answer: The effect of the 12th amendment getting ratified was separate votes for the Vice President and President. As the flaw happened that was the cause, and for every cause comes a effect. This effect was also an impact. It was an impact mostly because it was a big change in the Electoral Collage that changed the way of voting for voters. The change was instead of the same vote with two names on it each voter had two separate votes. One would be for Vice President, the other for President. Never again, can a Vice President get the same number of votes as a President. Mostly because either the senate kicks in, or actually because, the votes are held separately.


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4. Who was the prime figure behind the 12th amendment? (LS)

Answer: There was no "prime figure" behind the 12th amendment. The 12th amendment was actually proposed by the Congress, the legislative branch. The congress was a group of people who let this flow into the public, for the public to ratify it. There were people wanting this to happen and supporting it, though the congress is mainly known for throwing the idea out there, the public. So, all in all, the "prime figure" was a group in the government. The "prime figure" behind the 12th amendment was the congress. They helped classifying the voting system and making it better for the citizens to vote.


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5. Who were the people liked the 12th amendment? (LS)

Answer: Many politicians and people were for the 12th amendment and they enjoyed it. They wanted it to happen, and for it to become a law. One person that wanted the 12th amendment was Thomas Jefferson. He was the Presidential Candidate when the Electoral Collage flaw happened. Jefferson wanted the 12th amendment to be ratified because he didn't want a flaw like this to happen in government again. He supported this all the way, with people joining his side along the journey. William Smith also responded to this. He did by actually presenting this to the House Of Representatives at the time, which was also a part in making the 12th amendment.


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6. What did the 12th amendment change? (JR)

Answer: Before the 12th amendment, electing a president was more of an individual contest instead of political parties. People that voted could vote for the President twice in there ballot. But, the 12th amendment changed that. Today when an elector votes they vote for one President out of the choices that are listed and a Vice president. This made a difference because its not like you're picking a first choice and a second choice for president. So, the 12th amendment made it so the President and Vice president had an equal chance at being elected. []

7. How did the 12th amendment impact the way we elect our President today? (JR)

Answer: The 12th amendment impacted the way that Presidents are elected. The 12th amendment made it a fair system for electing a President and Vice president. Each elector had an individual vote for the President and the Vice president. This improved the voting process drastically. Also it was a positive for the Vice president too because it put more attention on him. If a party’s Vice president candidate gets the same number of votes as the party's person running for president It won't be a problem anymore because of this amendment.

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8. How was electing a President different before the 12th amendment was passed? (JR)

Answer: The election process before the 12th amendment was very different. Each state legislature appointed as many electors for that state as there were senators. This seems like too many people but on top of that they added the representatives from that state combined. Each elector had two votes and they didn't separate the Vice president form the President. After that each electors from each state met and talked separately. The candidate with the most votes became the President. The candidate with 2nd most votes became the Vice president. If the runner up did not have more than 50 percent of the votes it would be sent to the House of Representatives for the Senate to pick the Vice president.

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9. In what way does the 12th amendment relate to the Electoral College? (JR)

Answer: The Electoral College is made up of representatives from each state. There job is to elect the President. The popular vote is to total number of people that vote for each candidate. Many people dislike the Electoral College, it is only used in the U.S.. People were in fear that the bigger states would overrun the tiny states. But with the Electoral College no one had to be afraid because even if you were the tiniest state of them all you still had to send three representatives to pick the President just like every other state did. This relates back to the 12th amendment because the Electoral College helped to make voting for the President more fair similar to how the 12th amendment helped. []

10. When was the 12th amendment ratified? (JR)

Answer: On June 15, 1804 the 12th amendment was ratified. This amendment did not change the Electoral College. But it did change the way the President and Vice president were voted for. The 12th amendment changed the necessary procedure for electing a President. It made the procedure better by making it more fair. It was fair in the way that the President and Vice president both had equal chances to be elected into there spots. Without this amendment voting for President could have some flaws. Like the runner up with the most votes could have been a better choice then the candidate with the most votes. []