Extending the Vote to Disenfranchised Groups

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Year the 26th Amendment was ratified

1971

"Old enough to fight, old enough to vote" is associated with this amendment to the U.S. Constitution

26th Amendment

Poll tax

A fee imposed by a state on the right to vote.

The 26th Amendment

Ensured that all U.S. citizens aged 18 or older have the right to vote.

The 19th Amendment

Ensured that all women had the right to vote at both the state and national level.

The 23rd Amendment

Extended voting rights to citizens of Washington, D.C.

Reason for the 15th Amendment

In the South, some legislatures passed laws that prevented African Americans from voting in elections.

The 24th Amendment

Prohibited the use of poll taxes and other taxes to prevent citizens from voting.

The 26th Amendment became reality because of reaction to this war.

The Vietnam War.

1964

The year the 24th Amendment was ratified.

The 15th Amendment

This amendment prohibited the denial of suffrage to people because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

The 19th Amendment came about partly in response to mobilization for this conflict.

World War One

1920

Year the 19th Amendment was ratified.

Disenfranchised

a term used to describe a person or group that has been stripped of the ability to vote.

The 15th, 19th, 24th and 26th amendments are similar in that each...

extended the vote to disenfranchised groups.


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