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=== Womens rights === | |||
* the original US Constitution guaranteed the rights of free males to vote and hold office | |||
** the 13th & 14th amendments s established citizenship and guaranteed the equality for former slaves | |||
** however, the 15th amendment guaranteed the right to vote for former male and not female slaves | |||
*** therefore, no women were able to vote in national elections | |||
* the '''19th Amendment''' of 1920 guaranteed the right to vote for women | |||
** after World War I, when women went to work in factories while many men went to war | |||
** the Constitution was amended to allow women the right to vote | |||
*** "suffrage" = the right to vote | |||
*** "suffragettes" = women who protested for the right to vote | |||
* Womens rights advocates also worked to secure other forms of equality for women, including | |||
** property and legal rights | |||
** rights to work, as well as protections from abuse from employers | |||
** political participation | |||
=== Immigration === | === Immigration === | ||
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* Labor and war | * Labor and war | ||
=== Home Front === | |||
* during WWII, the entire country dedicated itself to the War effort | |||
** women went to work in factories | |||
** families planted "Victory gardens" to grow food for themselves | |||
** people invested in "'''War Bonds'''" to finance (pay for) the War | |||
** businesses and labor unions agreed upon wages and work hours so there would be few disputes over work conditions and wages | |||
* the US Government supported the War with | |||
** propaganda (publicity) for the war | |||
*** anti-German and anti-Japanese propaganda | |||
== The United States since World War II == | == The United States since World War II == | ||
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**** US public was outraged | **** US public was outraged | ||
== General Comparative == | == General Comparative Charts & Concepts == | ||
=== Famous speeches === | === Famous speeches === | ||
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|+Voting Rights ("suffrage") | |||
!Period | |||
!Suffrage | |||
!Notes | |||
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|1790s-1820s | |||
|white males with property had the general right to vote | |||
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|1820s-1850s | |||
|white males without property gained the right to vote | |||
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|1870 | |||
|15th amendment secured the right to vote for former slaves (i.e., black men) | |||
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|1920 | |||
|19th amendment guaranteed the right to vote for women | |||
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|the >> amendment abolished poll taxes | |||
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|the legal age of voting in national elections was set at age 18 | |||
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