Question

Which diagram best illustrates how the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment changed voting rights in the United States?

Answer 1

The correct answer is sex no longer barred citizens from voting.

The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on August 18th, 1920. This amendment granted all American women the right to vote. The exact paragraph reads: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

In 1917, the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) considered that women had the right to vote because they were good citizens, patriots and mothers. They had the idea that as a key family member they would impact education, social issues, and politics.

NAWSA’s and the National Woman’s Party supported the idea of suffrage for woman. President Woodrow Wilson addressed the Senate in September 1918 to promote the women’s right to vote.