Amendment+XXII

Amendment XXII

Presidential Tenure

Abigail and Krista

Amendment XXII is the Presidential Tenure, which restricts the number of terms a person can be in office. The Presidential Tenure limits the amount of terms to be served by a President to two. Only under certain conditions can a President serve more than two terms. The Presidential Tenure Amendment was proposed by George Washington on March 21, 1947. The Presidential Tenure Amendment was established after President Roosevelt's fourth term in office. Yet Roosevelt didn't serve for a full fourh term because he passed away, so Vice President Harry Truman filled in. Some events that were happening in the U.S during the time of the Presidential Tenure were that in the year 1947 there was a blizzard in New England that killed 170 people with 70 inches of snow. Also in that same year, in Texas City, Texas at the Monsanto Chemical Plant, a freighter was carrying nitrate and accidently set off an explosion that killed more than 500 people, injured 2,100 and destroyed the whole town. In the year 1948 Harry Truman was elected a second term as President. In the same year President Harry Truman abolished segregation in the U.S Armed Forces. In the year 1949, the U.S joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which was a pact for mutual defense between many diffrerent countries. In the year 1951, in Arcon, Idaho the first atomic power reactor produced electricity. In the world during the time of the XXII Amendment in 1950, Chinese leader esbablished a new anticimmunist goverment in China. In 1950, The Korean War began and the U.S helps fight against North Korea. The XXII Amendment was ratified by 41 states in 1439 days on February 27, 1951.

Sources: [] [|www.usconstitution.net] [|www.constitutionfacts.com] [|www.googleimages.com] and "America Is" History book