Understanding Your Right to Vote

by Claudia Isler, Barbara Jean Quinn

Overview

The right to vote was a hard fought, hard won campaign. With voter apathy still a huge issue during every major election, women, African Americans, and young people need to understand that without the efforts of some amazing pioneers, they may not have the right to vote at all. This informative historical guide follows some of these pioneers through history as they struggled, worked, protested, and won their rights to vote as American citizens. Not only does it preserve these great moments in history, it gives modern voters a reason to get out and vote.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781448846658
Publisher:	Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated, The
Publication date:	08/30/2011
Series:	Personal Freedom and Civic Duty Series
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Chapter 1 How the Right to Vote Affects You 6

Chapter 2 Giving African Americans the Right to Vote 19

Chapter 3 Giving Women the Right to Vote 50

Chapter 4 Giving Young People the Right to Vote 89

Chapter 5 The Struggle Over the Right to Vote Continues 114

The Bill of Rights 129

Glossary l33

For More Information 135

For Further Reading l38

Index l40