Essay On Lowering The Voting Age To 18

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US senate lowers voting age to 18
On March 10th, 1971, U.S senate lowered the voting age to 18. Richard Nixon was the senate who made a law on lowering the voting age to 18. He also made the 26th amendment stating, “The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.” Georgia was the first state to lower their voting age. A lot of teenagers started voting after this change was made.
This international event mainly affected young adults and soldiers. The soldiers that fought for our country that were under the age of 21 thought it wasn’t fair that they could fight but note vote. A quote that became popular that they would say is, “Old enough to fight, old …show more content…

Jimmy Carter was important in 1977-1981 when he served as the president. He was important all around the U.S when he served. He was important to all U.S citizens, Africans, North Koreans, Haiti, Venezuela, and Bosnians. Jimmy served as an international mediator after being the president. Jimmy Carter did many important things in his lifetime. One thing he did was travel to Africa and started focusing on epidemics to learn more about infections and how they spread. He also helped make human rights. Jimmy helped out Habit of Humanity too. President Jimmy Carter was rewarded a Nobel Peace Prize for finding peaceful solutions to international problems. Jimmy was also a very powerful, helpful president and was a great leader.

Dashboard hula girls
One popular fad from the 1970’s was dashboard hula girls. Artist started making them and they ended up becoming a very popular souvenir to get from Hawaii. Grandparents usually brought them home and gave them to their grandchildren. They became so popular; Japan started to produce them. Some of the artist that made them is Deelee, Julene and

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