RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the presidency and leadership of Woodrow Wilson
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a sequence of events leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment
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the causes and effects of World War I
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people who were against the women’s suffrage movement
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 19th Amendment was adopted and officially became part of the U.S. Constitution on August 26, 1920.
Detailed explanation-3: -On May 21, 1919, U.S. Representative James R. Mann, a Republican from Illinois and chairman of the Suffrage Committee, proposed the House resolution to approve the Susan Anthony Amendment granting women the right to vote.
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.