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    The document summarizes information about the 19th and 26th Amendments to the US Constitution. The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote by prohibiting voter discrimination based on sex. It was introduced in 1919 and ratified in 1920 after support from both major political parties and the women's suffrage movement. The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18 and was introduced in 1971 in response to young people fighting in the Vietnam War without the right to vote. It was ratified that same year.

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    The document summarizes information about the 19th and 26th Amendments to the US Constitution. The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote by prohibiting voter discrimination based on sex. It was introduced in 1919 and ratified in 1920 after support from both major political parties and the women's suffrage movement. The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18 and was introduced in 1971 in response to young people fighting in the Vietnam War without the right to vote. It was ratified that same year.

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    CITIZENS' RIGHTS

    By Hailey C.
    19th Amendment
    How does the amendment protect citizen
    rights?

    ◦The Amendment protects that no matter what your


    sex is you cannot be denied the right to vote and
    nor can your right to vote be taken away from you.

    ◦ (History.com)
    Who supported it? Why?

    ◦Both the democrat and republican party supported


    the 19th amendment along with at the time
    President Woodrow Wilson. They supported the
    Amendment because they believed that women
    deserved equal rights.

    ◦ (History.com)
    Who did not support it? Why?

    ◦Anti-Suffragist and Husbands. They argued that


    most women didn't want to vote and that they
    already had a duty to fulfill at home with cleaning,
    cooking, and taking care of their children. They
    claimed that they didn't need any more distractions
    or power.
    ◦ (History.com)
    When was it introduced?

    ◦June 4th, 1919

    ◦ (History.com)
    When was it ratified?

    ◦August 1920
    ◦ (History.com)
    What events led to its ratification?

    ◦The women's suffrage movement. The movement


    lasted nearly a decade before the 19th Amendment
    was finally passed.
    ◦ (History.com)
    26th Amendment
    How does the amendment protect citizen
    rights?

    ◦The amendment protects your right to vote at the


    age of 18 and makes it known that you cannot be
    denied the right to vote nor can that right be taken
    from you.

    ◦ (History.com)
    Who supported it? Why?

    ◦Dwight D. Eisenhower supported the 26th


    amendment. Dwight felt that along with all other
    troops that if they were old enough to fight in war,
    they were old enough to vote.

    ◦ (History.com)
    Who did not support it? Why?

    ◦President Richard M. Nixon. Nixon made a public


    announcement which deemed the provision of the
    amendment unconstitutional.

    ◦ (History.com)
    When was it introduced?

    ◦March 23rd, 1971

    ◦ (History.com)
    When was it ratified?

    ◦July 1st, 1971

    ◦ (History.com)
    What events led to its ratification?

    ◦The Vietnam War. One troop was going to vote but


    they denied the right to vote to him because he was
    not of age which at that time was 21.

    ◦ (History.com)
    Citations

    ◦History.com

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