DUTIES-things we are required to do by law RESPONSIBILITIES-things we should do  Obey the law  Pay taxes  Defend the nation  Jury duty  Serve as a witness  Be an informed citizen  Voice your opinion about the government’s actions  Know your rights  Respect diversity  Accept responsibility for your actions

 Support your family  VOTE!!!!!!!  Volunteer and help others  Respect other peoples rights

 Too busy  Emergency/sick  Not interested  Out of town  Didn’t like candidates  Forgot  Inconvenient  Transportation problems  Bad weather  Jury duty

18-24 YEARS OLD25-44 YEARS OLD 551.5% REGISTERED TO VOTE 441.9% VOTED 660.1% REGISTERED TO VOTE 552.2% VOTED

65-74 YEARS OLD75+ YEARS OLD 776.9% REGISTERED TO VOTE 770.8% VOTED  76.8 % registered to vote  66.7% voted

 U.S. citizen  18 years old  Registered to vote 30 days prior to the election  Ohio resident for 30 days prior to the election  Not in prison for a felony

IT MEANS THE RIGHT TO VOTE

 Quaker woman who helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention.

 Also helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention.

 Argued for equal pay for women, college training for girls, and for girls and boys to be educated together.  First woman to honored by appearing on a U.S. coin.

 Where: Seneca Falls, New York  Who: Organized by Stanton, Mott, and other women  What: The first Woman’s Rights Convention, attended by about 200 women and 40 men. 

 Issued a “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions”, which was modeled on the Declaration of Independence. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.”  Called for an end to all laws that discriminated against women.  Demanded that women be allowed to enter trades, professions, and businesses  Demanded suffrage for women (the right to vote)

 Originally candidates for office were chosen by members of Congress.  Delegates from each state select the party’s presidential candidate.  Democrats held their first one in  Allowed many people to participate in the selection of political candidates.

 (1870), a person’s right to vote cannot be denied because of race. (African Americans).

 Grandfather Laws  Literacy Tests  Poll Taxes

 Gave women the right to vote.

 Protected the legal rights of freed slaves. Also protects the right to due process.

 Made poll taxes illegal.