Q. For many years in the United States, some people was not allowed to vote.

Q. Native Americans, African Americans, and women had to waited many years before they could vote.

Q. In the 1800s, women beginned to speak out about the right to vote.

Q. In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott held a convention in New York to fight for women's rights.

Q. Many people believed that letting women vote was a dangerously idea.

Q. In 1870, African American men final gained the right to vote.

Q. Southern states quicker passed laws to deny African Americans this right.

Q. All voters had to pay an unfair poll tax before they could vote.

Q. In 1924, Congress passing a law giving Native Americans voting rights.

Q. Today more people than ever has the right to vote.

Q. Surprisingly, only about 55 percent of Americans who can vote actually do vote.

Q. By voting, they can help make decisions for ourselves.