Today, most adults can vote in the United States. But to get here, many groups have had to fight for that right-including women. In 1920, women across the country finally gained the right to choose their representatives in government. Learn about the impact of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constiution on voting rights in the United States. Events that Changed Your World When we get sick, our doctors give us medicine. When we want to visit our grandparents across the country, we hop on a plane.

And when we want something in our community to change, we vote for people who share our ideas. A lot of the things we have and do now began as strange or challenging ideas-or even accidents! Discover the history behind events that changed your world-and the people who made them possible.