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- Can states make their own laws? / by Acks, Alex,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-43) and index.The need for a constitution -- Federalism and the tenth amendment -- "States' rights" and the Civil War -- From layer cake to marble cake -- Federalism today.This book describes America as a complex tapestry of laws, from the local ones passed by your city council to national laws made by Congress.- Subjects: Exclusive and concurrent legislative powers; Federal government; Constitutional law; Interstate relations;
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- Is every American adult allowed to vote? / by Acks, Alex,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-43) and index.Voting rights at the founding of the United States -- Voting rights for (almost) all men -- Expanding the vote -- What is a vote worth when it can't be cast? -- Can every adult in America vote?This book explains why, when the United States of America began as a country, only white men who owned land could vote. Over the last 230 years, people have fought and protested and even died to expand the right to vote to include every adult over the age of eighteen. Today, are there ways you can lose your right to vote? Voting is the best and sometimes only way Americans can have a say in their government, and readers will learn why it's worth fighting for.- Subjects: United States.; Suffrage; Voting;
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- Key voting laws / by Acks, Alex,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- foundational voting laws -- (almost) universal male suffrage -- women win the right to vote -- voter suppression -- what do you mean, they couldn't vote? -- voting in modern America -- what is the future of the vote? -- chronology."The right to vote has been under debate since the founding of America, when only white men who owned land had a say in the future of the country. Laws have expanded to encompass all people, be they black, white, or female. How has voting shaped our country, and how have our laws shaped our ability to vote? Readers will explore the history of voting in America to understand how Native Americans, blacks, and those in prison have been kept from the democratic process. Also explored is the possible future of voting rights and laws."--Publisher's description.- Subjects: Young adult literature.; Suffrage; Election law; Voter registration; Voting; Women; Women.; Womyn.;
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- Straight outta Deadwood / by Boop, David,editor.(CARDINAL)559132; Hensley, Shane Lacy,author.(CARDINAL)813734; Harris, Charlaine,author.(CARDINAL)341426; Butler, D. J.(David John),1973-author.(CARDINAL)621701; Resnick, Michael D.,author.(CARDINAL)357263; Lindskold, Jane M.,author.(CARDINAL)355471; Mariotte, Jeff,author.(CARDINAL)533267; Jones, Stephen Graham,1972-author.(CARDINAL)355728;
"Once again, we return to the Old West with a new posse of top authors spin tales of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. We take no prisoners as they explore what really was, and mix in what might have been. Charlaine Harris [The Sookie Stackhouse Series, Midnight, Texas] shows us a glimpse inside her new series as a tormented gunfighter faces a true demon of her past. Mike Resnick [The Buntline Special] reveals what Doc Holiday thought was so funny on his last day. Jeffrey Mariotte [Desperados, Graveslingers] introduces us to a man who specializes in pictures of the dead who won't stay dead. Jane Lindskold [The Firekeeper Saga, The Star Kingdom Series (with David Weber)] teaches us not to underestimate a schoolmarm when her students are in jeopardy. And Shane Hensley [Deadlands] cooks up a stew that threatens to send every famous lawman in history to their graves! Plus, a dozen more stories of how the west was wilder than any history book could contain, such as a new Native American legend by Stephen Graham Jones and a Mormon troubleshooter straddling the line between his faith and the supernatural by D.J. Butler. The west that was rides again with west that could have been in this follow-up to Straight Outta Tombstone! Contributors: Mike Resnick D.J. Butler Jane Lindskold Shane Hensely Jeffrey J. Mariotte Steve Ransic Tem Stephen Graham Jones Derrick Ferguson Frog and Esther Jones Cliff Winnig Jennifer Campbell-Hicks Alex Acks Marsheilla Rockwell Mario Acevedo Betsy Dornbusch Travis Heerman"--- Subjects: Western fiction.; Short stories.; Fantasy fiction.; Fiction.; Frontier and pioneer life; Short stories, American;
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