For over 200 years, people have marched, gone to jail, risked their lives, and even died trying to get the right to vote in the United States. Others, hungry to acquire or hold onto power, have gone to extraordinary lengths to prevent people from casting ballets or outright stolen votes and sometimes entire elections.
Perfect for students who want to know more about voting rights, this nonfiction book contains an extensive view of suffrage from the Founding Fathers to the 19th Amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to today’s voter suppression controversies, and explains the barriers people of color, Indigenous people, and immigrants face.
Time line of voting rights in the United States. Amendments to the US Constitution discussed in book. Sources. Source notes. Index. Black-and-white illustrations and reproductions.
Title alpha Give Us the Vote: Over Two Hundred Years of Fighting for the Ballot
Level Nonfiction Middle
Pages Count 160
Genre Nonfiction
Topics US voting history. History of US political participation. History of US elections. History of corrupt practices in US elections. History of US Democracy. US politics and government. Political aspects of race relations. Hunger strikes.
Lexile 1040L
Trim Size 10" x 7"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2020-02-03
JLG Release Date Mar 2020
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Nonfiction Middle Grades 5-8)
Nonfiction Middle
Nonfiction Middle Grades 5-8)
For Grades 5-8
Knowledge is power, and no other category speaks to this more. The 12 books in this category range from autobiographies to anthropological studies, these nonfiction titles are just right for middle-school readers . . . and ideal for research and classroom support, too.