Congress and the States Moved Quickly to Pass the Twenty-Sixth

question 38

Multiple Choice

Congress and the states moved quickly to pass the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18, because of which of the following?

• A) They recognized the justice of the student antiwar and civil rights movements.
• B) They knew that student voter turnout would be low.
• C) They expected the new voters to change the political balance of power drastically.
• D) They hoped to channel student energy away from demonstrations and toward more conventional forms of participation.
• E) They realized the unfairness of the discrepancy between the military draft age and the voting age.

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