Which amendment expanded the right to vote to about half the population?
fifteenth—african american men
nineteenth—women
twenty-fourth—no poll taxes
twenty-sixth—18 years old

The correct answer is the following: option b. The 19th Amendment expanded the right to vote to about half the population.  Adopted on August 18th, 1920, The 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States declared that it was illegal for any state to deny the right of vote to citizens of the United States based on their sex. This allowed women to vote for the first time in the history of the nation. It is the only Amendment that expanded the right to vote to half the population of the country, as women are the only group of citizens that represents half or more of the population of the country. All of the others Amendments mentioned in the question granted voting rights to more people, but not to half of the population.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the answer is c the speaker emotions