THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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Discrimination
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Women’s Rights
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The Right To Vote
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The Denial of Voting
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Detailed explanation-1: -Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).
Detailed explanation-2: -Suffrage is the right to vote in public elections. Universal suffrage means everyone gets to vote, as opposed to only men or property holders.
Detailed explanation-3: -Suffrage: “The right to vote, or the exercising of that right.” –Andrew Heywood; Politics (Second Edition); p. 432. The right to suffrage, as a human right, is related to the concept of democracy and people’s sovereignty.
Detailed explanation-4: -The right to vote is a constitutional right as it is provided under article 326. It states that Elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assemblies of States to be on the basis of adult suffrage.