Civic participation and voting rights2

Civic Participation and Voting Rights in Athens and U.S.By: Alycia Travers and ßrandon Dunn

United States

U.S. citizens 18 years and older can vote.

You have to be a u.s. citizen to become president, and at least 35 years of age.

The president chooses the vice president to help him.

The president can only serve two terms.

If you are born in a different country you can run for governor.

Every few years people vote for congress men.

Presidents or candidates campaigns have to be successful to win the election.

In 1776 only people that owned land could vote.

14th Amendment granted former slaves citizenship.

The 19th Amendment passed letting women vote in state and federal elections.

The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.

North Carolina was the last state to let people that didn't own land vote.

Only 6% of the population could vote when George Washington became president

Athens

● Athens was a democracy, the first of its kind in the world as far as we know.

with all free males being eligible to participate in the government of the city.

● Women were not able to vote or participate in government and upper class.

● Athenian women were expected to stay at home and spin and weave and supervise the children.

● Only male citizens, age 20 and up who have finished their military services can be apart of government.

● Women slaves and immigrants were not allowed to vote in ancient Athens.

● Women were not allowed to vote because they weren't considered citizens.

● Women in the classical period, especially those of the upper middle class and aristocracy were not even allowed to leave home without escort and were confined in Their home.

● One female did become an office holder in the golden age (450 B.C.)

● Slaves and foreigners living in Athens were banned from participating in government.

● The idea of democracy started in Athens, Greece in about 400-300 B.C.

● In Athens women had no power, Could not even own properties.

● In Athens only free male native born Athens could vote, In Sparta only males that had graduated from the agoge (school) could vote.

● Athenian women were not able to cry at all.

Comparing U.S. and Athens

ßoth the u.s. and Athens had to live in the country to vote

ßoth had restrictions to vote at one time

In u.s. you have to be 18 or older , in Athens only land owning men could vote

500 names were picked to see who runs the laws

ßoth gathered to discuss laws

united states is 1200 times larger than Athens

Athens did not let women vote

In Athens not all religions were allowed.

U.S. Isn't a democracy its a federal constitutional republic.

Athens government is more advanced.

USA's government is a constitutional republic.

Athens government has 2 bodies (executive and legislative)

U.S. has 3 bodies (legislative,Executive and Judicial.)

Question:

Cleisthenes invented democracy because he was tired of being told what to do by the ruler. he came up with a system that land owning men got one vote on whatever they were voting about.They had meetings when everyone got together that were called assemblies.They randomly picked 500 men that were paid to be there every day.

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