THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The government denied the vote to non-white people.
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Women in only a few states had the right to vote.
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The government refused to give women the right to vote.
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President Wilson had taken away the right to vote from some people.
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Detailed explanation-1: -“I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.”-Alice Paul, 1972 interview.
Detailed explanation-2: -Alice Paul was one of the most prominent activists of the 20th-century women’s rights movement. An outspoken suffragist and feminist, she tirelessly led the charge for women’s suffrage and equal rights in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Paul helped and did everything in her power to pass the 19th amendment. Which was the “Women’s Right to Vote". Paul proposed this amendment in 1923 in order for overcoming opposition of women’s organizations who may have feared loss of protective legislation. Till this day, this amendment still yet has not passed.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shortly after Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify women’s suffrage, the 19th Amendment was signed into law on August 26, 1920. Once suffrage was achieved, the NWP focused on passing an Equal Rights Amendment.