[ 171 ] Civics and Government GED ® TEST SOCIAL STUDIES FLASH REVIEW • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The amendment process to the U.S. Constitution requires that three-quarters of the states approve a proposed amendment for it to go into effect. Which of the following conclusions regarding the number of states needed to ratify an amendment is correct? a. All the original 13 states were needed to ratify the first ten amendments since they were proposed with the Constitution and were part of a grand bargain between Federalists and Anti-Federalists. b. Twenty-seven states were needed to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery, since there were 36 states at the end of the Civil War. c. The reason that 36 states were needed to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment in 1933 was that 36 states were needed to ratify the Eighteenth Amendment creating Prohibition in 1919. d. Because we now have 50 states, 37 states will have to be on record ratifying the Sixteenth Amendment— which was passed in 1909 and authorized the income tax—even though 36 states were needed then. One of the powers that is shared by the federal and state governments is the power to raise revenue. What was the most likely reason that led to this power being shared? a. The federal and state governments both need money to operate effectively. b. The federal government would be too weak without the power to raise revenue. c. The federal government would be too strong with the power to raise revenue. d. It helps maintain the balance of power between the two levels of government.