Question

amendment 26 lowered the voting age to what?

16
18
21

Explanation:

Identify the constitutional amendment

Using the Later Amendments History knowledge point
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution was proposed and ratified in 1971.

Determine the voting age change

Using the Voting Rights History knowledge point
The amendment prohibited states and the federal government from using age as a reason to deny the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old, lowering it from twenty-one.

Answer:

• 16
• 18 (Correct answer)
• 21