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Women given right to vote in school board election
Women in Kansas were granted the right to vote in school board elections whereas previous to this women weren't even given the time of day to express their opinion.However this decision was not the case in all states. -
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American Civil War
The american civil war was one of the most historic events to ever occur, it was a war between the north and the south and was a war sprouting from the controversy about slavery. It was started when southern states seceded from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln -
Suffragist Petition
This year a group of suffragists present a petition to Congress there were 10,000 signatures received prohibiting disenfranchisement on the simple basis of sex -
15th Amendment
The fifteenth amendment to the constitution was ratified. What this means is the law was passed that gave African Americans the right to vote.This is a short time after the civil war however segregation issues were still a major thing in the nation at this time. -
A Woman Votes :0
Susan B Anthony is a woman who chooses to vote and is arrested for violating federal law forbidding the vote for confederates and traitors.She was a woman and at the time women weren't allowed to vote, Susan B Anthony was a key figure in reforming views about female opinion. -
Women Suffrage Idea
The idea of suffrage for women was proposed in this year and evidently was disapproved as women didn't gain the rights to vote until later along the lines.This would lead to the build up of protests and spark groups to support this whole idea of feminism -
NAWSA Formation
The national american woman suffrage association and the american woman suffrage association merge to make one, these were to of the largest suffrage supporting groups in the US at the time. -
State Of Wyoming
In the year of 1890 Wyoming is now considered a state. In this time the state constitution provides suffrage for women which is why Wyoming is considered to be the equality state. -
Philippine war with US Begins
The Philippine war occurred as a result of the nations defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris. A revolution then spiralled from this where the Filipinos would fight for freedom led by Emilio Aguinaldo (Aguinaldo,American Imperialism) -
19th Amendment
The law is passed which gives women the right to vote in political events, whether this is frowned upon or accepted by all individuals is another matter however legally women are now allowed to vote. -
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Great depression time period
The great depression was an economic downturn for america that also affected the rest of the world. It lasted for a decade and lead to a substantial fall in the level of investors world wide as wall street had also crashed.Its said to be the most severe depression the western world has ever suffered.It was caused by a lot of general weakness' in the american economy. -
FDR Acceptance Speech
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was served from 1933 and had to guide the nation out of the great depression, FDR was very different in his beliefs about how the economy should be run and such concepts can be found in his acceptance speech (Roosevelt's Speech To Democratic Convention, 142) -
FDR Second New Deal to Battle The Depression's Effect on Society
President Roosevelt’s early efforts had begun to restore Americans’ confidence. In the spring of 1935, he launched a second, more aggressive set of federal programs, sometimes called the Second New Deal. The WPA provided jobs for unemployed people and built new public works like post offices, schools, highways.These things were implemented to battle the effects of the depression and the living conditions described in the nation as it was "worse than slavery" (Letter To Frances Perkins,139) -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery (Martin Luther King,Montgomery Bus Boycott,170 -
Malcolm X Bullet or Ballot Speech
when Malcolm X gave his "Ballot or the Bullet" speech, he was regarded by a majority of white Americans as a menacing character. Malcolm X never directly called for violent revolution, but he warned that African Americans would use "any means necessary" especially armed self defense once they realized just how pervasive and hopelessly common white racism had become (Malcolm X,Ballot or the Bullet,172) -
Gulf War 2
After al Qaeda terrorists attacked the U.S. on 9/11, America and invaded Afghanistan to capture the terrorists and oust the Taliban, after which the U.S carried out a pre-emptive strike against Iraq, to find Weapons of Mass Destruction and in particular to stop Saddam Hussein from making nuclear weapons the war became an occupation and an insurgency rose up that was countered only when President George W. Bush ordered a troop surge to stop it. -
Financial Crisis (Global Financial Crisis)
Similar to the events of the Great depression america had issues with their banking system where people would lend loans to those unable to pay back and this messed with the level of credit which as result lead to global issues as the united states is one of the largest financial nations worldwide therefore if they are effected so is the rest of the world.
