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Which constitutional amendment allowed voting for citizens who were eighteen or older?
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∙ 7y ago
Amendment The 26th amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. During the Vietnam War, the slogan most heard was "old enough to fight .. old enough to vote" during a time 18 year old were drafted into the army. It was passed on March 23, 1971 and officially ratified on July 1, 1971. However, the first national (for President) election they were able to vote in was in 1976.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 7y agoThe 26th amendment granted the right to vote to citizens 18 and older. The text of the amendment is:
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.It was passed on March 10, 1971 in the Senate by a vote of 94-0 and in the House March 23, 1971 by a vote of 401-19. Ratification by the required minimum of 38 states was accomplished on July 1, 1971 when North Carolina became the 38th state to ratify it. 5 more states ratified it after that date. 7 more never got around to ratifying it since it was already a moot point. It only took a little over 3 months for the amendment to be ratified so some legislatures didn't even get it on the docket for consideration before it was already ratified.
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∙ 14y agoThe Twenty-Sixth Amendment
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∙ 12y agoThe 26th amendment
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∙ 14y ago26 amend.
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∙ 11y agoamendment
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What amendment allowed 18 year old citizens to vote?
26th amendment
When were citizens allowed to vote for their Senators?
The Seventeenth Amendment enabled citizens to directly elect their Senators. The Seventeenth Amendment was ratified in 1913.
What did the constitutional convention do about the importation of slaves?
It allowed slavery where approved by the citizens of a state
This amendment allowed the newly freed slaves to?
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, granting freedom to the newly freed slaves.
What amendment gives citizens the right to vote no matter their race or color?
The15th amendment of the United State's Constitution allowed men of any race to vote. The 19th amendment then allowed women to vote.
What did the fifteenth amendment declar?
it allowed citizens not to be stopped from voting "on account of race" -n
What did the twenty-first amendment allow citizens to do?
It allowed them to manufacture, purchase, and consume alcohol.
How did the Twenty-Sixth Amendment contribute to increased equality in the US?
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution allowed 18-year-old citizens to vote in all states.
The 15th amenments This amendment allowed the newly freed slaves to?
participate more fully as citizens.
What did the twenty first amendment allow US citizens do?
It allowed them to manufacture, purchase, and consume alcohol.
What amendment said you can be born in the US but NOT be a citizen?
The 14th amendment says that if you are born in the US you are a citizen. Beforethis amendment slaves born in the US were not citizens. Slavery was allowed by the original US Constitution but was not part of any amendment. Also, children born in the United States to citizens of other countries would not automatically be US citizens before this amendment was ratified.
What did the twenty first amendment allow United states citizens to do?
allowed them to manufacture, purchase and consume alcohol
