Which amendment extended suffrage to women?

Which amendment extended suffrage to women?

• A. Nineteenth Amendment (1920)
• B. Twenty-Fourth Amendment (1964)
• C. Twenty-Sixth Amendment (1971)
• D. Fifth Amendment (1791)

Answer: (A)

Extending the right to vote to women is achieved by prohibiting voting discrimination based on sex. The Nineteenth Amendment, ratified in 1920, guarantees that the right to vote cannot be denied or abridged on account of sex, making women's suffrage a national constitutional right. This shift moved suffrage from state-by-state decisions to a nationwide standard. The other options deal with different voting issues: poll taxes were banned to remove a voting barrier (not tied to gender), the voting age was lowered to 18 (expanding who can vote), and the Fifth Amendment protects rights like due process and against self-incrimination (unrelated to extending suffrage).

Extending the right to vote to women is achieved by prohibiting voting discrimination based on sex. The Nineteenth Amendment, ratified in 1920, guarantees that the right to vote cannot be denied or abridged on account of sex, making women's suffrage a national constitutional right. This shift moved suffrage from state-by-state decisions to a nationwide standard.

The other options deal with different voting issues: poll taxes were banned to remove a voting barrier (not tied to gender), the voting age was lowered to 18 (expanding who can vote), and the Fifth Amendment protects rights like due process and against self-incrimination (unrelated to extending suffrage).