US Citizenship – Constitutional Amendments Flashcards
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Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
Answer: Nineteenth Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote in the United States.
Which amendment lowered the voting age to 18?
Answer: Twenty-Sixth Amendment
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment, ratified in 1971, lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, largely in response to arguments about the Vietnam War draft.
Which amendment repealed Prohibition and the national ban on alcohol?
Answer: Twenty-First Amendment
The Twenty-First Amendment, ratified in 1933, repealed the Eighteenth Amendment and ended Prohibition in the United States.
What did the Seventeenth Amendment change about the U.S. Senate?
Answer: Changed election of senators to direct popular vote
The Seventeenth Amendment, ratified in 1913, established the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote instead of by state legislatures.
What did the Twenty-Second Amendment establish?
Answer: Presidential term limits of a maximum of two terms
The Twenty-Second Amendment, ratified in 1951, limits a president to serving a maximum of two elected terms in office.
What did the Sixteenth Amendment authorize the federal government to do?
Answer: Levy a federal income tax
The Sixteenth Amendment, ratified in 1913, gave Congress the power to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states.