RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote, but it did not give the right to be elected.
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The 19th Amendment gave white women the right to vote, but it did not give black women the same rights.
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The 19th Amendment gave women and men equal voting rights, but it did not give them equal rights in other areas of life.
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The 19th Amendment gave women the right to equal pay, but women were still not allowed to hold many types of jobs.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which statement best represents a result of the Nineteenth Amendment? Women have been elected to government offices.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote, a right known as women’s suffrage, and was ratified on August 18, 1920, ending almost a century of protest.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 18, 1920, female activists continued to use politics to reform society. NAWSA became the League of Women Voters. In 1923, the NWP proposed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to ban discrimination based on sex.