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What significant change regarding women's rights occurred with the 19th Amendment?
What significant change regarding women's rights occurred with the 19th Amendment?
What type of work did most women engage in during the early 20th century?
What type of work did most women engage in during the early 20th century?
Which organization significantly campaigned for both women's suffrage and temperance?
Which organization significantly campaigned for both women's suffrage and temperance?
What was a major consequence of the 18th Amendment?
What was a major consequence of the 18th Amendment?
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Which suffragist leader was known for opening a clinic to distribute birth control?
Which suffragist leader was known for opening a clinic to distribute birth control?
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How did prohibition impact the economy?
How did prohibition impact the economy?
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What was a strategy used by the National Women's Party to advocate for women's suffrage?
What was a strategy used by the National Women's Party to advocate for women's suffrage?
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Which of the following statements is true regarding the suffrage movement?
Which of the following statements is true regarding the suffrage movement?
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Study Notes
Women's Suffrage
- 19th Amendment: granted women the right to vote (1920)
- Women's economic and political opportunities increased between 1890-1920
- Women gained legal rights to own property and control their wages
- Many worked in the textile industry in the early 20th century
- The Women's Christian Temperance Union (founded 1874) supported women's suffrage and prohibition
- Consumerism increased in the 1890s
- Many new products targeted women in the household (e.g., washing machines)
- African American women primarily worked as domestic servants or in agriculture
- Immigrant women concentrated in low-paying factory jobs
- Native-born white women had new opportunities in offices and secretarial roles
- Birth control debates increased public health and free speech discussions
- Margaret Sanger opened a clinic delivering birth control to immigrant women
- Important suffragists: Jane Addams (Hull House) and Alice Paul (National Women's Party)
- The suffrage movement was initially fragmented, excluding Black and immigrant activists
- Tactics like chaining themselves to the White House and hunger strikes were used
- Women's groups (e.g., League of Women Voters, Women's Trade Union) opposed the Equal Rights Amendment
Prohibition
- 18th Amendment (1919): banned the sale of alcohol
- Negative economic effects on businesses (entertainment, restaurants, theaters)
- Businesses (theaters and soda companies) expected to profit from prohibition but did not
- Revenue from liquor taxes decreased, income tax became more common
- Alcohol became more easily accessible through illicit means (pharmacists)
- Government poisoned industrial alcohol to restrict its use
- Alcohol production shifted to home production
- Prohibition created the Bureau of Prohibition to limit alcohol availability and increased police/cops efforts
- Criminal activity in the form of plea bargains increased
- Unsafe drinking became commonplace
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