Amendment+XXV

Amendment XXV By, Ashley and Nick De This Ammendment basically says that if anything bad happens to the president such as death, then the vice president shall take over the president's duties. Also,this Ammendment states that if the Vice president is vaccant in his or her office, then the president shall nominate a new vice president who shall handle the duties of that job. The president can discharge the powers of his officeby the vice president as acting president. When the vice president and the majority of either the prenciple officers of the executive departments or of such other body as congress may be law. The senate and the speaker of the house of represenatives their written declaration that the president is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office and the vice president should take the powers and duties of thhe office

The sponsor of our amendment is Gerald Ford proposed in 1841, ratified on February 10, 1967 At this time in America, many u.s troops were sent to vietnam to fight in the war. Also, there was an anti-war in new york at the time as well. Not a lot of people wanted the two nations fighting eachother and formed protests to try and end the war in 1967. Nelson Rockefeller became the second person ever nominated vice president by the presedent. Israil defeats Arab in six day war.Admendment 25 took 545 days to be ratified and it was ratified by 47 states. An important event that happened in 1841 was the first vietnam war. Around 1841 slavery was ended in the british empire. They moved John F. Kennedy's body to his permenant burial place. Also, the first ever rolling stone magazine was published in the United States in 1967. In the world in 1967, China decided to give aid to North Vietnam in the war.

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[|www.factmonster.com], history text book pg. 645 under election of 1960 and pg. 656 under middle east, [|www.peoplehistory.com], [|www.earthtothemoon.com]