Amending the Constitution of the United States is difficult, tedious, and time-consuming. Once an aThe space race between the United States and the Soviet Union began in 1957 when the Soviets launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. Before the United States launched its first satellite, more than a year later, the USSR had already sent the first mammal, a dog named Laika, into space. It would be four years later, in 1961, when the United States would send its first mammal into space, a primate named Ham. It quickly became clear to government officials, particularly President John F. Kennedy, that the Soviets were outpacing the United States when it came to technology. This was concerning because technological advancements would have implications for the military. This was the main reason that President Kennedy pledged, in 1962, that the United States would put a man on the moon. Why does the speaker use chronological order in this passage? to emphasize that Soviet space technology was more advanced than space technology from the US to emphasize that advances in space exploration could have benefits for the US military to emphasize that the space program was unsuccessful until President Kennedy supported it to emphasize that the US took longer to enter the space race because of government officialsmendment is proposed, two-thirds of both the Senate and the House of Representatives must ratify, or approve, it. Next, three-fourths of the state legislatures must ratify it. Only then will the proposed amendment become law. Which text structure is used in this passage? compare/contrast description problem/solution sequence