RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
Question
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EXTRA CREDIT:Which state was the first to allow women to vote?
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California
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Mississippi
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Washington
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Colorado
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Colorado was the first state to enfranchise women by referendum, meaning that the people of Colorado voted in an election to enfranchise women.
Detailed explanation-2: -The earliest suffrage victories were in the west. The territory of Wyoming granted women the vote in 1869. Then when Wyoming became a state in 1890, the new government was the first state to allow women to vote.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1869, the Wyoming territory was the first to give women the vote on equal terms with men. This led Wyoming to call itself the “Equality State” after its admission to the Union in 1890.
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