USA HISTORY

Women dedicated their time and service on the American homefront, contributing to the Allies winning World War I. As a result, women fought for this necessary civil right ____

(A) 1st Amendment-Free Speech

(B) 2nd Amendment-Right to Bear Arms

(C) 18th Amendment-Prohibition of Alcohol

(D) ** 19th Amendment-Right to Vote

Concept note-1: -Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle-victory took decades of agitation and protest.

Concept note-2: -During the Civil War, reformers focused on the war effort rather than organizing women’s rights meetings. Many woman’s rights activists supported the abolition of slavery, so they rallied to ensure that the war would end this inhumane practice. Some women’s rights activists, like Clara Barton, served as nurses.

Concept note-3: -The woman’s suffrage movement is important because it resulted in passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which finally allowed women the right to vote.

Concept note-4: -The 19th Amendment makes it illegal to deny the right to vote to any citizen based on their sex, which effectively granted women the right to vote. It was first introduced to Congress in 1878 and was finally certified 42 years later in 1920.