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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 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.


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.


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.


When do you use amendment 1?

You use Amendment 1 in everyday life. It provides us with 5 basic freedoms. They include the following:1) The Freedom of Speech: You are allowed to give your opinion on different things and basically allowed to say whatever you believe.2) The Freedom of the Press: You are allowed to publish newspapers giving opinions on different topics in the news and to inform the public on what is going on.3) The Freedom of Religion: You are allowed to practice whatever religion you would like to be a part of.4) The Freedom of Assembly and the Freedom of Petition:These two freedoms are closely related. You are allowed to petition things that you want changed. You also are allowed to gather into organized protests, as long as they are not violent.If you would like an easy way to remember them, think of RAPPS (Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, Speech)

Related Questions

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.


Are people in Georgia allowed to practice their own religion?

Yes, they are permitted to practice whatever religion they want.


Would the constitution survive without the amendment system?

no you wouldn't you couldn't because if there were no amendments there would be no rights for the citizens. if there is no rights for the citizens, people would be not allowed freedom of speech or religion and also the country would almost be like a dictatorship.


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