Democracy and Citizenship

 

By: Denisha

 

 

       Everyone that was or is born in the United Sates is already a citizen. All citizens have the right to vote if, they are 18 or older. Voting lets you help choose run part of your country.

 

      After the Civil War, Africans gained their citizenship. They also gain their right to vote.  People in the United Sates have responsibility and rights.  They have to obey the laws that the government has put out like wearing seat belts, car seats for kids under 9 years old, speed limits for bike riders, J walking, and you have to be 16 or older to be behind a wheel or car.

 

     Laws help our world be a safer place for you and your kids. Laws help seniors stay safe, and also kids that go to the bus stop.

 

 

 

 

Sources: Houghton Mifflin Company

 

              United States History pages 538-541

 

 

 

Urban America

 

Today we take urban life as the common American way of life, but just before the turn of the century most people lived on farms. Here are some changes that rapidly turned rural America into urban America. Women started to get jobs and more laws were passed so the women could do different jobs.

 

 

 

Sources: U.S.A studies weekly

 

 

 

By: Chase