1. Civic Participation and Voting
Rights
by: Karina Rijo, Dariano Moore

2. Voting Rights
People who are 18 and older can vote
Women can vote but they had to be
over 18
Someone who runs for president has to
be natural born in the USA citizen
They have to be a least 35 years old

4. Voting Rights 2
To be a candidate must have a lot of
money
Most citizen expect good character of
the person
Their campaigns have to be
successful.

6. Civic Participation
• Only males that are freed and citizens
could participate in the government.
• They also had to have parents born in
Athens.
• The Athenian assembly held 6,000
citizens and they decided most of the
issues in Athens.
• Slaves and foreigners were banned
from participating in the government.

7. Civic Participation 2
• People must have money and time to
participate in the democracy.
• Men were paid a small amount of
money for participating in the
government.
• The elected person had to served for
one year.

9. Comparing Athens and USA
government
• Women and children could not vote in
Athens but as long as your 18 you can
vote in the United States.
• Foreigners could not vote in the US
which is the same in Athens.
• The president served for 1 year in
Ancient Athens but in the US the
president was in office for 4 years.

10. Comparing Athens and USA government 2
• In Athens the people must have time and
money to participate in the democracy.
• In the USA people must have time to
participate in the government but they
don't need money.
• The United states was like Athens at one
point but in July of 1920 women were
allowed to vote for who runs for office.