The Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution

question 50

Multiple Choice

The Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution

• A) effectively established the national voting age at eighteen years.
• B) allowed states to set a voting age between eighteen and twenty-one years.
• C) expanded due process protections to the states.
• D) abolished slavery.
• E) Both C and D.

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Definitions:

Perfect Competition

A market structure characterized by a large number of buyers and sellers, identical products, free entry and exit, and perfect information, leading to efficient outcomes.

Monopoly

A market structure characterized by a single seller who has exclusive control over the supply of a good or service, and where entry of new competitors is obstructed.

Compensating Wage Differential

Additional wages paid to workers to compensate them for undesirable job characteristics, such as poor working conditions or long hours.

Unfavorable Conditions

Circumstances that are not conducive to success or are disadvantageous to achieving goals.