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.
Four different constitutional amendments extended voting rights to various groups: Fifteenth Amendment: Prohibited discrimination by race (applied primarily to African-Americ â¦ an males), ratified in 1870. Nineteenth Amendment: Granted women's suffrage (right to vote), ratified in 1920. Twenty-third Amendment: Allowed citizens residing in the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections, ratified in 1961.