Why voting matters /
How do citizens make their voices heard? There is perhaps no greater example of democracy in action than voting. Historically, marginalized groups were excluded from the equal citizenship represented by suffrage. Readers will study the importance of voting, the history of the vote being denied to mi...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
PowerKids Press,
2018.
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| Series: | Spotlight on civic action
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Table of Contents:
- The power of a vote
- What's a constituent?
- Voting rules in the United States
- Cast your ballot!
- The right to vote
- The suffragists
- African American disenfranchisement
- The voting rights act
- The National Voter Registration Act
- Low voter turnout
- Explaining low turnout
- Improving voter turnout
- Active citizenship
- Your vote matters.