THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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a member of congress who called for war with Great Britain
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a road built by a private company
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a person who betrays his or her own country
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a person who worked for women’s right to vote
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Detailed explanation-1: -suffragists. Before 1920, women did not have the right to vote in the U.S. The suffragist movement fought for these rights, and the people who were part of that movement were suffragists. The word suffrage means the right to vote in elections.
Detailed explanation-2: -Suffragists. Those involved in the first wave of the campaign for women’s votes are known as suffragists. Suffragists believed in peaceful, constitutional campaign methods. In the early 20th century, after the suffragists failed to make significant progress, a new generation of activists emerged.
Detailed explanation-3: -noun. a female advocate of the right of women to vote, especially one who participated in protests in the United Kingdom in the early 20th century.
Detailed explanation-4: -The term ‘suffrage’ means right to vote. All over Europe and USA, women led the suffrage movement demanding the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-5: -The leaders of this campaign-women like Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone and Ida B. Wells-did not always agree with one another, but each was committed to the enfranchisement of all American women.