A class is studying the history of the struggle for womens rights in the United States. In the early 1900s there was a major push by women for passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. It was approved and added to the Constitution of the United States in 1920. What was the purpose of the Nineteenth Amendment?

USA CITIZENSHIP TEST

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A class is studying the history of the struggle for women’s rights in the United States. In the early 1900s there was a major push by women for passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. It was approved and added to the Constitution of the United States in 1920. What was the purpose of the Nineteenth Amendment?

A	It gave women the right to own property.
B	It gave women the right to travel freely.
C	It gave women the right to vote in elections.
D	It gave women the right to serve in the military.

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The history of the US woman suffrage movement is usually told as a national one. It begins with the 1848 Seneca Falls convention; follows numerous state campaigns, court battles, and petitions to Congress; and culminates in the marches and protests that led to the Nineteenth Amendment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change in the Constitution – guaranteeing women the right to vote.

Detailed explanation-3: -Seneca Falls, New York is the location for the first Women’s Rights Convention. Elizabeth Cady Stanton writes “The Declaration of Sentiments” creating the agenda of women’s activism for decades to come.

Detailed explanation-4: -Women had full suffrage in 15 states before the 19th Amendment. women had presidential suffrage in Rhode Island, and presidential and municipal suffrage in North Dakota, Nebraska, and Illinois.

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