The United States Constitution is a very important document for our country. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 17th, 1787, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and George Washington (who were among the total of 39 delegates) signed the Constitution. James Madison mainly wrote the Constitution. The Constitution was first written to replace the Articles Of Confederation, which created a weak government, and failed to give Congress the power to protect the country. The US Constitution…
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proposed the 19th amendment, to which different states in America stepped up to ratify women’s suffrage. The primary archival source I will be analyzing is a statement signed by the Governor of Tennessee, Albert Houston Roberts, explaining the state's ratification of the 19th amendment. This document in specific would be a life altering one for women all over the country. There’s no denying the fact that all of the states involved in this ratification played a huge role in the 19th amendment, however…
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Alice Paul, an important women that contributed to women gaining rights. Alice Paul was an american suffragist, which meant she was apart of women suffrage. She was a feminist, and women's rights activist. She dedicated her life’s work to women’s rights. She was one of the main keys that pushed for the 19th Amendment. She initiated more aggressive methods and things to the women's suffrage campaign. She organized…
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The Women’s Suffrage Movement was started, which was a long and difficult movement that aimed at women’s right to vote. In this paper, I will talk about the role of women during WWI and how it contributed to the suffrage movement and the 19th amendment. In the 19th century, a women’s job mostly consisted of being a domestic servant, charwoman, or laundress. Men are viewed as the “breadwinners” of their families. The men had more opportunities to work with better pay, while women were sent home to take…
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29 January 2015 The Importance of Voting In order to understand the consequentiality of voting we require to examine some of the history. There are two amendments that address voting rights for those who aforetime could not vote, the 15th Amendment (1870) and the 19th Amendment (1920). The 15th Amendment gave AfricanAmericans suffrage and the 19th provided suffrage rights to women. Voting is a paramount right; this is evident by the number of people who have fought long and hard for this right…
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defined as the right to vote. During this semester, we have read of multiple events where women were treated harshly and had no voice when it came to important issues. Before the 19th Amendment was passed, women were seen as weak and their opinions were not valued as much as men. Powerful women and activists were part of the reason why the 19th Amendment was passed and women gained more power. Before rights were given to women, they couldn’t own any property, were not allowed to have any finances, and…
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Confederation). Some major reasons of why the Constitution is needed is because it established the national government, giving guidelines, and giving citizens basic rights as an individual. The Constitution was “signed on September 17, 1787, by delegates that stayed at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, presided over by George…
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the branches of the government. An example of the Constitution being amended took place in 1870 and had to do with the 15th Amendment. This amendment was that no citizen’s vote could be taken away because of his nationality or even if he was once a slave. The reason this was important in this time period is because black people and slaves were not treated fairly. This amendment gave them the right to vote and security that it would not be taken away. Which was a big deal to people that were not american…
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The women's suffrage movement is super important even today because it's all about how women get the right to vote. Back in the day, like in the early 1900s, women couldn't vote at all, which seems unfair now. But because of all the hard work of the suffragettes, the 19th Amendment was added to the Constitution in 1920 in the United States, and it let women vote for the first time. This was a big deal because it started a chain reaction, and other countries began to let women vote too. Because women…
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The First Amendment states “ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.“ This amendment prohibits the government from making a national religion as well as protects those who practice any religion from Christianity to Judaism. This amendment was written on June 7, 1789 and ratified…(when). James Madison, (include an attribute) said “ The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any…
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