Which amendment granted women suffrage?

Which amendment granted women suffrage?

• A. Fifteenth Amendment
• B. Nineteenth Amendment
• C. Twenty-twond Amendment
• D. Twenty-fourth Amendment

Answer: (B)

Expanding who can vote through constitutional change is what this item focuses on. The amendment that granted women suffrage was ratified in 1920 and states that the right to vote cannot be denied or abridged on the basis of sex. This explicitly made voting equal for men and women nationwide, ending the longstanding legal barriers to women voting. Other amendments mentioned address different voting issues: one prohibited denying the vote based on race or previous condition of servitude, but it did not address sex; another sets term limits for the presidency; another bans poll taxes in federal elections. None of those specifically grant or protect women’s right to vote, making the 1920 amendment the correct match.

Expanding who can vote through constitutional change is what this item focuses on. The amendment that granted women suffrage was ratified in 1920 and states that the right to vote cannot be denied or abridged on the basis of sex. This explicitly made voting equal for men and women nationwide, ending the longstanding legal barriers to women voting.

Other amendments mentioned address different voting issues: one prohibited denying the vote based on race or previous condition of servitude, but it did not address sex; another sets term limits for the presidency; another bans poll taxes in federal elections. None of those specifically grant or protect women’s right to vote, making the 1920 amendment the correct match.