US US Citizenship – Constitutional Amendments 2

Question 1

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

Nineteenth Amendment

Answer

The Nineteenth Amendment, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote in the United States.

Question 2

Which amendment lowered the voting age to 18?

Accepted Answer

Twenty-Sixth Amendment

Answer

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.

Question 3

Which amendment repealed Prohibition and the national ban on alcohol?

Accepted Answer

Twenty-First Amendment

Answer

The Twenty-First Amendment, ratified in 1933, repealed the Eighteenth Amendment and ended Prohibition in the United States.

Question 4

What did the Seventeenth Amendment change about the U.S. Senate?

Accepted Answer

Changed election of senators to direct popular vote

Answer

The Seventeenth Amendment, ratified in 1913, established the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote instead of by state legislatures.

Question 5

What did the Twenty-Second Amendment establish?

Accepted Answer

Presidential term limits of a maximum of two terms

Answer

The Twenty-Second Amendment, ratified in 1951, limits a president to serving a maximum of two elected terms in office.

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