The 26th Amendment in 1971. It lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
the Vietnam War.
The 15th Amendment was not important during the US Civil War. The amendment was passed in 1870.
The reason the 26th amendment was passed was because of the Vietnam War. It was reasoned that if a person could be drafted and sent to war at 18 they should also be able to vote.
When the Vietnam War passed into history, so did the hippies.
Q who was the victor of the Vietnam war? A I have no idea who won the Vietnam war!!!!
The era after the Civil War was known as Reconstruction Period. During the war, President Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation, which was later then recognized and people demanded equal rights, especially minorities and African Americans. According to my knowledge this amendment was passed in 1870 which was in the Reconstruction period.
The 13, 14, 15 amendments were passed after the civil war.
The 13th Amendment.
The 14th Amendment was passed to give equal rights to all citizens. This Amendment was passed after the Civil War.
The Vietnam War
The 26th Amendment to the U.S Constitution changed the voting age from 21 to 18. This change was instituted during the Vietnam War. People found it immoral that an eighteen year old could be drafted to fight for their country, yet could not vote for who ran the country that they were fighting for.
Conscription was introduced in Australia by the Holt Government due to the National Service Act passed in 1964. This continued until 1971 when Australia pulled out of the Vietnam War.