RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Not all suffragists wanted women to have the right to vote
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Some suffragists wanted to extend the right to vote to illegal immigrants
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Some suffragists wanted to focus only on getting the vote, while others wanted more
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Some suffragists wanted to deny the vote to freed slaves
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Detailed explanation-1: -Woman suffragists’ vehement disagreement over supporting the 15th Amendment, however, resulted in a “schism” that split the women’s suffrage movement into two new suffrage organizations that focused on different strategies to win women voting rights.
Detailed explanation-2: -After the Civil War, women’s rights supporters split over whether they should push to include women in the 15th Amendment, which extended voting rights to African American men.
Detailed explanation-3: -1868. The suffragists split into two organizations. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1869, activists established two competing national organizations focused on winning woman suffrage. The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) opposed the Fifteenth Amendment, while the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) supported the new law. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.
Detailed explanation-5: -National Suffrage Groups Established With the onset of the Civil War, the suffrage movement lost some momentum, as many women turned their attention to assisting in efforts related to the conflict between the states.