Question

identify three constitutional amendments adopted since the bill of rights that have made American government more democratic and explain how each has done so.

Answer 1

• 15th Amendment: This amendment prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color or previous condition of servitude. This amplified the democratic system allowing all African Americans and ex-slaves to vote, liberty that was denied to them.
• 17th Amendment: This amendment was passed during the Progressive Era and established the direct election of US Senators by popular vote. Now the population can choose their Senators directly.
• 19th Amendment: The 19th Amendment was a victory of the women’s rights movement, since it prohibited the denial of the right to vote based on gender.
• 24th Amendment: The 24th Amendment prohibited the limitation of voting rights due to non-payment of poll tax or any other tax. Since the right to vote is a right linked to freedom and citizenship.
• 26th Amendment: Prohibited the denial of right to vote to any US citizen based on age. Every citizen has the right to vote when they reach 18 years old.

Answer 2

1. 19th Amendment Women's suffrage- women are a huge portion of the population and its more democratic by including everyone

2. 15th Amendment Voting rights of all Americans- lets everyone be apart of government

3. 14th Amendment Citizenship to all Americans- doesn't discriminate against any one and lets the become american