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.