6. Can Congress pass a law Sting the punishment of a person for stealing a horse in the State of Michigan? 7. When was the State in which we live admitted to the Union? 8. Who framed the Constitution of this State? ADVANCED QUESTIONS A. What is a constitution? B. Explain fully how a Constitution of a State comes into, being. C. Must a constitution be in writing? If not, what may be its form? D. State how the Constitution of the United States may be amended. E. In what way may the Constitution of a State be amended? F. Write briefly telling the advantages of a written constitution. G. State in writing the power of the courts in exercising their power and duty of defending the Constitution. Give an illustration. H. Write an explanation of the power and influence of the Constitution of the United States in guiding the people in framing the Constitutions of their States, and in what things the Constitution of the States follow the Constitution of the United States. XXVIII. THE SUFFRAGE The Significance Of The Nineteenth Amendment To The Constitution This meeting was at night. Some of the parents who had attended the talks from time to time had requested that the last meeting be held at night so that some of the busy fathers and mothers might come. The assembly room was crowded, and although extra chairs had been placed in the aisles, there were a number of people standing. The principal said that it was the largest crowd that he had ever seen in the room.(107) First everybody arose and sang “The Star Spangled Banner”, and when the meeting closed, the audience joined in singing “America”.(108) The judge was greeted with loud applause. He said: I am happy to-night. This meeting is an inspiration. It is a real community meeting, a real American meeting. If meetings like this were held once each week or once every two weeks in every school building in the United States I should not fear socialism or bolshevism or anarchy. Such ideas cannot live in a community where the people really know each other. There are no class lines here to-night. You are too close together. I see a banker over there whom I have known for thirty years. He was brought up in this city, attended this school, and has spent his whole life here. His success in life came to him among old friends in the community where he was born. Near him I see a bricklayer. I have known him and respected him since boyhood. We played on the same baseball team when we were both younger and could run faster than we can now. He went to the Washington school. The children of these men are in this school now. In a few years they will be grown men and women doing the work that we shall have to give up soon.(109)