Lesson 20: How Has the Right to Vote Been Expanded since the Adoption of the Constitution?
Lesson Objectives
When you have finished this lesson, you should be able to
- describe the extension of the franchise as a result of changes in voting laws in Congress and various states, amendments to the Constitution, and decisions of the Supreme Court and
- evaluate, take, and defend positions on how extending the right to vote is related to fundamental ideas and principles of American constitutional government.