What was the primary purpose of the 19th Amendment?

• A. To grant women the right to vote
• B. To end Prohibition
• C. To limit federal power
• D. To establish the income tax

Answer: (A)

The main idea being tested is how voting rights were expanded to include women, making their right to vote a constitutional guarantee. The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, prohibits denying or abridging the right to vote on account of sex. This change ended the gender-based barriers that had stood in the way of women voting across the United States, moving beyond the earlier, uneven state-by-state progress to a nationwide standard. Historically, many states still barred women or imposed obstacles at the polls, so this amendment was the pivotal step that secured universal suffrage for women. It isn’t about Prohibition, which was resolved later by another amendment, nor about limiting federal power or creating an income tax—those questions are tied to different constitutional changes.