How Young Activists Got 18-Year-Olds the Right to Vote in Record Time

1. Many argued “If young men are to be drafted at 18 years of age to fight for their Government, they ought to be entitled to ____ at 18 years
3. Between 1940 and 1942, Congress passed _______ Service laws that lowered the military draft age first from 21 to 20, then from 20 to 18 in 1942.
8. Young voters aged 18-29 preferred the __________ticket by a 25-point margin.
11. Young men could be ______ into military service at 18 but could not vote until 21
12. Many believe that the younger the electorate, the more favorable the electorate for ______.
15. In 1971, more than ___million 18– to 20-year-olds got the right to vote In
16. President at the time the amendment was passed
18. The amendment was _____ by the required 38 states by July 1,
19. The right for 18 year olds to vote was done with ______(Dem and Rep) support

2. First Lady ______Roosevelt, endorsed the cause in the 1940’s
4. Some reformers did not “talk about young people as _____agents,” who could handle the demands of adulthood.
5. Examples of battleground states are _________, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
6. In 19____, more than 10 million 18– to 20-year-olds got the right to vote
7. The amendment declared “The right of ______ of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States
9. The racially diverse youth vote was “instrumental” in sending former Vice President _______the White House.
10. Many historians and journalists have attributed the Amendment’s passage to the work of anti-___ protesters of the 1960s.
13. Young people of ______, played a key role in “flipping” battleground states including Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
14. World War II took place during the 19____
17. The decades-long push to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 culminated in the 1971 ratification of the Twenty _____ Amendment