Amendments
Earned the right to vote when the 15th Amendment was passed.
African American men
What the Constitution protects.
People's rights
How adults over 18 choose their leaders.
By voting!
This amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.
The 19th Amendment
What forms the basis of our Constitution
Laws and our beliefs
The time of year WHEN people vote for new leaders or propositions.
Elections!
Young people must be at least how old to vote?
18 years of age or older.
The act of changing the Constitution. It has happened 27 times!
Amending/amendment
People who choose to vote in elections.
Voters.
The number of amendments in the Constitution.
27
The number of the amendment that gave 18 year old adults the right to vote.
26th amendment
The Constitution gives ALL people what?
Equal rights.