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Four different constitutional amendments extended voting rights to various groups:
- Fifteenth Amendment: Prohibited discrimination by race (applied primarily to African-American males), ratified in 1870.
- Nineteenth Amendment: Granted women's suffrage (right to vote), ratified in 1920.
- Twenty-third Amendment: Allowed citizens residing in the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections, ratified in 1961.
- Twenty-sixth Amendment: Reduced the minimum voting age from 21 to 18, allowing younger people the right to vote, ratified in 1971.
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∙ 9y agoConstitutional amendments have been used to expand civil rights and the right to vote by allowing blacks and women to vote. The 15th amendment states that governments cannot deny a person to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The 19th amendment gives all women the right to vote.
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∙ 7y agoThe 15th, 19th, 26th, and 24 amendments gave voting rights.
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nineteenth (apex 7.4.2)
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The 24th
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The fifteenth
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∙ 6y agoFifteenth
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How do the amendments demonstrate the ability of the Constitution to adapt to a change in attitude about that should have the right to vote?
the way the amendments demonstrate the ability of the constitution to adapt to in attitude about who should vote is by doing it.
What was accomplished for blacks during reconstruction?
The biggest most resounding accomplishments for blacks during reconstruction were the adoption of Constitutional Amendments. These amendments were the 13th, 14th and 15th. Respectively they gave blacks, in order, abolition of slavery; guarantee of citizenship to the United States and granting civil rights and the right to vote.
Which amendments to the US Constitution guarantee or address voting rights?
The fifteenth amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on race or color. The nineteenth amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on sex and the twenty sixth amendment guarantees the right to vote to all citizens over eighteen years old.
Who The British Reform Bill of 1867 extended the right to vote?
The city Workers (plato)
How did the woman's involvement in the progressive movement lead to constitutional change?
The 19th amendment was passed giving the right to vote.
Which of the constitutional amendments did NOT extend the right to vote?
Twenty-third
Which state does not ask its people to vote on constitutional amendments?
Constitutional amendments must be ratified by the votes of 3/4 of the State Legislatures. There is no requirement for a plebiscite, or vote of the people. Each State Legislature can, if it chooses, base its decision on a popular vote, but I'm not aware that any do.
. Constitutional amendments can be proposed by a two-thirds vote of .?
Both houses of Congress
Constitutional amendments can be proposed by a two-thirds vote of .?
Both houses of Congress
Which category does this Constitutional Amendment fall Senators elected by the people extended the right to vote to women?
power of the state
Constitutional amendments can be proposed by a two-thirds vote of?
Both houses of Congress
What amendment extended individual rights?
There are several amendments in the Constitution that establish individual rights. The first ten amendments, which are also known as the Bill of Rights guarantee personal liberty. In addition, the Fifteenth (the right to vote), Nineteenth( women's suffrage), twenty-fourth(extended suffrage) and twenty-sixth amendments(extended suffrage).
What are the groups to whom voting rights were extended by various constitutional amendments?
Four different constitutional amendments extended voting rights to African-American men (and men of any other previously excluded races), women, citizens of the District of Columbia, and young people between the ages of 18 and 21:Fifteenth Amendment: Prohibited discrimination by race (applied primarily to African-American males), ratified in 1870.Nineteenth Amendment: Granted women's suffrage (right to vote), ratified in 1920.Twenty-third Amendment: Allowed citizens residing in the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections, ratified in 1961.Twenty-sixth Amendment: Reduced the minimum voting age from 21 to 18, allowing younger people the right to vote, ratified in 1971.
How many amendments are about who can vote?
There are three amendments regarding who is allowed to vote: - The 15th amendment gave all races the right to vote. - The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. - The 26th amendment reduced the voting age to 18.
When did women get the constitutional right to vote?
1920
What group has the power to consider changing or replacing a constitution?
Only the people. Constitutional amendments must be brought to a vote of the people. constitutional commision wrong. not its not (14)
What two amendments gave Africans the right to vote?
The 14th and 15th amendments of the Constitution of the United States
