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A Historical Convention
Women were discouraged from playing most major roles in piblic life. The rigths to property were limited. Stanton introduced a resolution to pursue the rigth to vote for women. -
The Movement for Women's Rights
some woman compaigned vigorously for women´s rigths. Their tactics included lobbying politicians, holding public lectures, publishing newspapers and marching. -
Dreams of Shaping Society
The Puritians colonized New England came to build a new society. Years later the Americans revolutnaries wrote a constitution with tools where the citizens could change the course of the country. -
Dreams of Shaping Society
The Puritans colonized New England came to build a new society. Years later the Americans revolutionaries wrote a constitution with tools that citizens coul change the course of the country. -
The Crisis of Slavery
Many African Americans were enslaved. Many in the nation cried out for change, but the economy of the South rallied to it. Northem states had begun passing antislavery laws. Critics of slavery were becoming vocal in their opposition. -
Social Progress
Some states, passed laws allowing women to vote. The rigth to vote was not granted to women nationwide, however, until the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1920. -
Civil War
Began, pitting North against South. After years, the North won the war. No longer would anyone be enslaved and the economy influence in the country had shifted from the agricultural South to the industrial. -
Expansion and Progress
Before the war, the country has expanded greatly and after the war, it also continued to grow. For the first ime the electricity was being used on a large scale for everything city ligths to factory machinnes. -
Reform Movement
The Pioneers defended public education and activists pushed for reforms of the justice system, which created the modern prison. Women also began to ensure equal rights. -
A Nation Comes of Age
The freedom of African Americans , the rigths of women, and argued. In the end, the society of United States was reshaped. -
A Legacy of Protest.
Slavery had been abolished, injustices against African Americans continued Women´s lives ineguality continued to reign. Protest continued.
