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Amendments
For Voting Rights
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which amendment prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race or color? | 15th |
| Which amendment projibits each state and the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen's gender? | 19th |
| Which amendment permits citizens in the District of Columbia (D.C.) to vote for electors for President and Vice President? | 23rd |
| Which amendment prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax? | 24th |
| Which amendment standardized the voting age the voting age to 18 in 1971? | 26th |
| What fraction of congress is needed to propose an amendment to the constitution? | 2/3 |
| What fraction of the states must vote in favor of an amendment in order to ratify it? | 3/4 |
| This act was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. | The Civil Rights Act |
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