Important People
These people were allowed to vote first in U.S. history if they owned property.
Who are white Protestant men?
This word means to limit or control something, like laws that limit rights.
What is restrict?
What was this text mostly about?
Women being able to vote
These people worked to change laws and gain the right to vote for women.
Who are women in the suffrage movement
This word means to suggest or put forward an idea, like suggesting a new amendment.
What is propose?
What did the 19th amendment of the United States Constitution do?
give many women the right to vote
These people had to approve the 19th Amendment for it to become law.
Who are state legislatures?
This word means to earn something because of your actions or efforts.
What is deserve?
The text describes a sequence of events leading to the passage of the 19th Amendment. What happened in 1919?
Congress proposed the 19th Amendment.
These people in the federal government help propose amendments to the Constitution.
Who are members of Congress?
This word describes the state or situation something is in over time.
What is condition?
Why did women's work during the Civil War and World War I strengthen the argument that they should have the right to vote?
They showed they could do important and difficult jobs just like men, so they should be able to vote like men, too
This group of people was often prevented from voting due to discrimination and unfair laws.
Who are minority groups (such as African Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanic Americans)?
This vocabulary word describes how laws once limited women’s rights before suffrage.
What is restrict?
Explain how women's rights were impacted by getting married in many states in the 1800s.
In the 1800s, most of the states gave unmarried women many rights that were equal to men’s rights. For example, as long as they did not get married, they could buy and sell real estate (such as land and homes), write a will, and work outside of the home in many types of jobs.