Question

Voters were eager to see FDR become president and put his New Deal in place. Which amendment prevented this from happening on January 20th because it had not been put in place yet?

A.
12th Amendment
B.
17th Amendment
C.
20th Amendment
D.
25th Amendment

Answer 1

The 20th amendment is the answer to this question.

Answer 2

The correct asnwer would be "C", the 20th Amendment.

The 20th Amendment changed the days for meetings of Congress and for the start of the President's term of office. It changed the start of the President's term from March 4th to January 20th. However the Amendment wasn't ratified until January 23rd, 1933. Because of that, President Roosevelt's innauguration was kept on March 4th.