1. 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

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

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

4. 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

5. 65-74 YEARS OLD75+ YEARS OLD 776.9% REGISTERED TO VOTE 770.8% VOTED  76.8 % registered to vote  66.7% voted

7.  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

9. IT MEANS THE RIGHT TO VOTE

10.  Quaker woman who helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention.

11.  Also helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention.

12.  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.

14.  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. 

15.  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)

16.  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 1832.  Allowed many people to participate in the selection of political candidates.

17.  (1870), a person’s right to vote cannot be denied because of race. (African Americans).

18.  Grandfather Laws  Literacy Tests  Poll Taxes

19.  Gave women the right to vote.

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

22.  Made poll taxes illegal.