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Table of Contents Chapter Page Dedication 1 Acknowledgements 2 Introduction 3 1 The New Nation 1 Under English Rule 2 Colonies and Parliament Separated by Atlantic (map) 2 War on Two Fronts 3 Great Britain (feature) 3 The Tax Acts 4 Stamp Act Congress 5 Vigilante Tactics 5 Liberty Tree (feature) 6 The Townshend Acts 6 Tea Tax 7 Coercive Acts (feature) 8 The First Continental Congress 10 Grassroots Movement 11 King George III Responds 12 From Lexington to Yorktown 12 Articles of Confederation 13 Constitutional Convention 14 Electing the President 15 2 African Americans Win the Right to Vote 17 Abolition Movement 18 Prince Hall, Free Black Activist (feature) 18 The Road to Emancipation 19 Dred Scott vs. Stanford (feature) 20 North and South 21 The Amendments 23 Reconstruction Period 24 The Confederacy (map) 24 State Laws 25 Poll Tax 26 Vigilante Justice 27 Civil Rights Movement 27 Twenty-Fourth Amendment 28 Freedom Summer 29 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 30 Voting Rights Act 31 3 Women Gain the Right to Vote 33 No Rights for Women (feature) 34 New Jersey 35 Women Activists 36 Angelina and Sarah Grimke 36 Seneca Falls 38 Susan B. Anthony 40 The Battle Intensifies 41 The Opposition 41 Casting Illegal Ballots 43 Arrested! 43 The Next Generation 45 Eye Witness Account of 1913 Washington D.C. Suffrage Parade (feature) 46 Fourteen States Grant Women Full Suffrage Before 1920 (map) 46 World War I 47 Nineteenth Amendment 48 4 Others Gain the Vote 50 Naturalized Citizens 50 Oath of Allegiance (feature) 52 American Indians 53 Dawes Act (feature) 56 The 1919 American Indian Citizenship Act (feature) 58 Teen Voters 60 Youth Voter Turnout Lower than Other Age Groups (map) 62 5 Primary and General Elections: The People's Power 65 Constitutional Guidelines for Electing the U.S. President and Vice president (feature) 66 Choosing Presidential Candidates 67 The Presidential Primary 69 Open and Closed Presidential Primary States (map) 69 Caucuses 70 Iowa Caucuses (feature) 71 General Election 72 Electoral College 73 Congressional Primary 75 6 The Campaign Trail, the Media, and the Money 78 The Founding Father's View 79 A Brief Look at Political Parties (feature) 81 Partisan Conflict 82 The Electoral Vote in 1800 83 The Candidate on the Campaign Trail 84 Transportation and Communication 87 Radio and Television Change the Course of Political Campaigns (feature) 87 The Media 91 Opinion Polls 92 The Internet 92 Money 94 7 To the Polls! 95 A Little History (feature) 96 States Adopt Voter Registration 97 North Dakota Abolished Voter Registration in 1951 (feature) 98 State Requirements 99 Registering to Vote 99 National Voter Registration Act 100 Poll Workers 101 The Polls 103 Early Voting in Texas 103 Absentee Ballots 104 Help American Vote Act 105 Electronic Voting 106 Use of Electronic Voting Systems Expands between 1988 and 2004 (map) 106 8 Tallying the Vote 109 A Little Counting History (feature) 110 Pull Lever Vote Counting Machine 111 Punch-card Ballot 113 Gore vs. Bush: the 2000 Election (feature) 114 Optical-scan vote counting system 116 Direct Recording Electronic voting Systems 116 Exit Polls and Network Projections 118 Electoral Vote in Time Zones (map) 119 9 Threats to Democracy (Freedom) 122 Democracy vs. Republic 123 Thoughts on Democracy (feature) 123 Partisan Politics 125 Political Machines 127 Voter Fraud 129 Mysterious Ballot Box 13 (feature) 129 Voter Apathy 131 Motor Voter Law and "No Fault Absentee Ballots 132 Media Influence 134 Increase in VAP from 1972 to 2000 (map) 136 10 Protecting the Right to Vote 137 Use It or Risk Losing It 138 Educated Voters 139 Evidence of the Difference Civics Education Can Make (feature) 139 Civics Education Improves Voter Turnout (map) 141 Informed Voters 142 Project Vote Smart (feature) 144 Voter Responsibility 145 Glossary 148 Chronology 152 Appendix 157 Bibliography/General Adult Sources 169 Suggested Further Reading for Young Adults 172
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Suffrage -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Voting -- United States -- Juvenile literature.