| Description |
xii, 148 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
American rights |
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American rights.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-137) and index. |
| Contents |
Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- New nation -- Under English rule -- Colonies and parliament separated by Atlantic (map) -- War on two fronts -- Great Britain (feature) -- Tax acts -- Stamp act congress -- Vigilante tactics -- Liberty tree (feature) -- Townshend Acts -- Tea tax -- Coercive acts (feature) -- First continental congress -- Grassroots movement -- King George III responds -- From Lexington to Yorktown -- Articles of confederation -- Constitutional convention -- Electing the president -- African Americans win the right to vote -- Abolition movement -- Prince Hall, free black activist (feature) -- Road to emancipation -- Dred Scott v. Stanford (feature) -- North and south -- Amendments -- Reconstruction period -- Confederacy (map) -- State laws -- Poll tax -- Vigilante justice -- Civil rights movement -- Twenty-fourth amendment -- Freedom summer -- Mississippi freedom Democratic party -- Voting rights act -- Women gain the right to vote -- No rights for women (feature) -- New Jersey -- Women activists -- Angelina and Sarah Grimke -- Seneca Falls -- Susan B. Anthony -- Battle intensifies -- Opposition -- Casting illegal ballots -- Arrested! -- Next generation -- Eye witness account of 1913 Washington D.C. Suffrage parade (feature) -- Fourteen states grant women full suffrage before 1920 (map) -- World War I -- Nineteenth Amendment -- Others gain the vote -- Naturalized citizens -- Oath of allegiance (feature) -- American Indians -- Dawes Act (feature) -- 1919 American Indian Citizenship Act (feature) -- Teen voters -- Youth voter turnout lower than other age groups (map) -- Primary and general elections: People's power -- Constitutional guidelines for electing the U.S. president and vice president (feature) -- Choosing presidential candidates -- Presidential primary -- Open and closed presidential primary states (map) -- Caucuses -- Iowa caucuses (feature) -- General election -- Electoral college -- Congressional primary -- Campaign trail, the media, and the money -- Founding father's view -- Brief look at political parties (feature) -- Partisan conflict -- Electoral vote in 1800 -- Candidate on the campaign trail -- Transportation and communication -- Radio and television change the course of political campaigns (feature) -- Media -- Opinion polls -- Internet -- Money -- To the polls! -- Little history (feature) -- States adopt voter registration -- North Dakota abolished voter registration in 1951 (feature) -- State requirements -- Registering to vote -- National Voter Registration Act -- Poll workers -- Polls -- Early voting in Texas -- Absentee ballots -- Help American Vote Act -- Electronic voting -- Use of electronic voting systems expands between 1988 and 2004 (map) -- Tallying the vote -- Little counting history (feature) -- Pull lever vote counting machine -- Punch-card ballot -- Gore vs. Bush: 2000 election (feature) -- Optical-scan vote counting system -- Direct recording electronic voting systems -- Exit polls and network projections -- Electoral vote in time zones (map) -- Threats to democracy (freedom) -- Democracy vs. Republic -- Thoughts on democracy (feature) -- Partisan politics -- Political machines -- Voter fraud -- Mysterious ballot box 13 (feature) -- Voter apathy -- Motor voter law and no fault absentee ballots -- Media influence -- Increase in VAP from 1972 to 2000 (map) -- Protecting the right to vote -- Use it or risk losing it -- Educated voters -- Evidence of the difference civics education can make (feature) -- Civics education improves voter turnout (map) -- Informed voters -- Project vote smart (feature) -- Voter responsibility -- Glossary -- Chronology -- Appendix -- Bibliography/general adult sources -- Suggested further reading for young adults. |
| Summary |
Discusses the history of voting in the United States, examining the determined struggles fought by many to secure the right to vote, the laws governing elections, and issues surrounding voting technology. |
| Subject |
Suffrage -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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Voting -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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Suffrage.
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Voting.
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| ISBN |
0816056617 |
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9780816056613 |
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