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Fall of Vietnam

Question 7 • RMA FL-2100310-United States History Semester 2

How did the Twenty-sixth Amendment affect the concerns of young people during the Vietnam War?

Answer
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It ended the draft, which was one of young people’s major demands.
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It gave the president unlimited power to increase the draft.
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It lowered the voting age, which helped make young people less skeptical.
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It limited the president’s powers to increase the draft.

Explanation

The Twenty-sixth Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. During the Vietnam War, many young people argued that if they were old enough to be drafted, they should be old enough to vote and influence government decisions about the war. The amendment gave them that vote, matching choice C.

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