USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME OF THE 1920S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The woman’s movement of the 1920s was sparked by
A
a new sense of freedom to do whatever they wanted
B
a new sense of freedom after they got the right to vote
C
a new sense of freedom from Prohibition
D
a new sense of freedom from Jazz music and dancing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The decade kicked off with passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave white women the vote. Women also joined the workforce in increasing numbers, participated actively in the nation’s new mass consumer culture, and enjoyed more freedom in their personal lives.

Detailed explanation-2: -From the founding of the United States, women were almost universally excluded from voting. Only when women began to chafe at this restriction, however, was their exclusion made explicit. The movement for woman suffrage started in the early 19th century during the agitation against slavery.

Detailed explanation-3: -What happened to the women’s rights movement of the 1920s after it earned the right to vote? It declined because it had achieved its main goal. What can an increase in the power of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s be attributed to?

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1920, thanks largely to the work of suffragists like Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt, the 19th Amendment passed. American women finally earned the right to vote.

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