2. U.S. Government
• The U.S. government is a democracy.
• Women in the U.S. are allowed to vote for
president
• In our constitution we have a preamble
3. Athens Government
• Women are NOT allowed to vote as for
slaves
• Their government was a democracy but
did not seem to be
• Pericles was the leader for 30 years
4. Athens Government
continued…
• Athenian democracy first started in the
Greek city-state in Athens.
• In around 500 B.C. Athens city-state
created the first democratic democracy
and soon after everyone followed.
5. Comparison
• In Athens Woman, children, and slave
could not vote
• People under 18 could not vote in Athens
and the U.S
• The U.S. gives women rights and Athens
did not.
