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=== Historical terminology ===
== Historical terminology ==
* abolition/ abolitionism = movement to end slavery
* abolition/ abolitionism = movement to end slavery
** the 13th amendment "abolished" slavery (1865)
** the 13th amendment "abolished" slavery (1865)
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* suffrage = "the vote" or the right to vote
* suffrage = "the vote" or the right to vote
** the 15th amendment guaranteed the right to vote for male former slaves (1869)
** the 15th amendment guaranteed the right to vote for male former slaves (1869)
* temperance movement = "temperance" is another term for prohibition of alchohol
* women's suffrage = right to vote for women
* women's suffrage = right to vote for women
*** in U.S. the 19th Amendment guaranteed the right of women to vote (1919)
*** in U.S. the 19th Amendment guaranteed the right of women to vote (1919)