Unit 6: Claim vs Evidence

The 26th amendment allows states to lower voting age to 16.

• Claim

• Evidence

Teens can drive and be sentenced as an adult at 16 years old.

• Claim

• Evidence

Young people should participate in the democratic process at 16 years old.

• Claim

• Evidence

80% of 16 and 17-year-olds work before graduation.

• Claim

• Evidence

Youths have the maturity needed to vote.

• Claim

• Evidence

Youths have the political knowledge.

• Claim

• Evidence

The Voting Rights Act law states that a 6th-grade education is sufficient to vote.

• Claim

• Evidence

Teen brains are less developed than adult brains.

• Claim

• Evidence

73% of teens had an interest in politics and of those, 95% think it is important to vote in the presidential election.

• Claim

• Evidence

In a study, adults named the correct emotion but teens seldom did.

• Claim

• Evidence