Twenty-sixth Amendment Quiz
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Which amendment to the United States Constitution established a nationally standardized minimum age of eighteen for participation in state and federal elections?

  • Amendment XXV
  • Amendment XXVI (correct)
  • Amendment XIX
  • Amendment XVIII
  • When was the Twenty-sixth Amendment proposed by Congress?

  • March 23, 1971 (correct)
  • March 23, 1961
  • July 1, 1973
  • July 1, 1971
  • How many states ratified the Twenty-sixth Amendment?

  • All fifty states
  • Two-thirds of the states
  • Three-fourths of the states (correct)
  • Half of the states
  • What was one of the driving factors behind the push to lower the voting age to 18?

    <p>The Vietnam War</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a common slogan used by proponents of lowering the voting age?

    <p>Old enough to fight, old enough to vote</p> Signup and view all the answers

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