USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which group achieved the right to vote on the Twenty-sixth Amendment?
A
people unable to pay poll taxes
B
Americans 18 to 20 years old
C
Mexican American Women
D
impoverished women
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Sixty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1989, lowered the voting age of elections to the Lok Sabha and to the Legislative Assemblies of States from 21 years to 18 years.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1970, Senator Ted Kennedy proposed amending the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to lower the voting age nationally. On June 22, 1970, President Richard Nixon signed an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that required the voting age to be 18 in all federal, state, and local elections.

Detailed explanation-3: -On July 1, 1971, our Nation ratified the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 9th December, 1988. [28th March, 1989.]

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