The main purpose of the Twenty-sixth Amendment was to

Question

A) increase the number of eligible men to be drafted for military service.
B) bring an end to the Vietnam War.
C) expand voting rights to citizens 18 years and older.
D) control state elections.

Answer 1

The main purpose of the Twenty-sixth Amendment was to

C) expand voting rights to citizens 18 years and older.

This amendment, ratified in 1971, prohibits the states and federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens who are 18 years of age or older based on age.