What does the 19th Amendment prohibit?

• A. Denial of the right to vote on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
• B. Denial of the right to vote on the basis of sex.
• C. Denial of the right to vote on the basis of age.
• D. Denial of the right to vote on the basis of residency.

Answer: (B)

The main idea is gender-based voting rights. The 19th Amendment bars denying or abridging the right to vote because of sex, so it guarantees that women have the same voting rights as men nationwide. It was ratified in 1920 after a long movement for women’s suffrage. While it specifically protects against sex-based exclusion, other grounds for disenfranchisement—such as race or ethnicity (addressed by the 15th Amendment) and voting age (addressed by the 26th Amendment)—are covered by other parts of the Constitution.