THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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repealed Prohibition.
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guaranteed women the right to vote.
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established Prohibition.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The 19th Amendment makes it illegal to deny the right to vote to any citizen based on their sex, which effectively granted women the right to vote. It was first introduced to Congress in 1878 and was finally certified 42 years later in 1920.
Detailed explanation-2: -Approved by the Senate on June 4, 1919, and ratified in August 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment marked one stage in women’s long fight for political equality.
Detailed explanation-3: -On September 30, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson stood before the Senate to call for the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Nineteenth Amendment) Act, 1966, abolished Election Tribunals in India and enabled trial of election petitions by High Courts.
Detailed explanation-5: -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. The measure passed the House 304 to 89-a full 42 votes above the required two-thirds majority.