Instructor: Mark Pearcy. In this lesson, we'll be looking at the expressed powers of the United States Congress. Learn what these powers are and examples of them, and then you'll be able to test your knowledge of them with a quiz.
The 17, 19, 23, 24, and 26 amendments have expanded voting rights.
The Fifteenth Amendment prohibited discrimination of the right to vote based on race or former status of involuntary servitude. The Seventeenth Amendment provided for the dirâ¦ect election of Senators. The Nineteenth Amendment prohibited discrimination of the right to vote based on sex. The Twenty Fourth Amendment prohibited the use of a poll tax. The Twenty Sixth Amendment allowed all citizens over the age of 18 who are not otherwise disqualified the right to vote. 2 people found this useful.