THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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More high school students were going to college, thus they were smart enough to be able to vote in national elections.
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Only the wealthy, elite classes of Americans were taking advantage of the right to vote.
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Many argued that the military draft had taken 18 years old to go fight in Vietnam, but they weren’t allowed to vote in American elections yet.
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We found out that even in communist nations, like North Vietnam and China, were allowing their 18 year olds to vote.
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Detailed explanation-1: -1 Overview of Twenty-Sixth Amendment, Reduction of Voting Age. 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Fearing confusion as to who would be able to vote in the 1972 election, Congress quickly proposed and surprisingly passed a constitutional amendment permanently lowering the voting age to 18.
Detailed explanation-3: -Our Founders built that recognition into its original design, providing a mechanism to amend our Constitution as our Nation evolved. On July 1, 1971, our Nation ratified the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.