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The 18th amendment provided the prohibition of alchol, it was passed during the Progressive era, but was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.
The era after the Civil War was known as Reconstruction Period. During the war, President Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation, which was later then recognized and people demanded equal rights, especially minorities and African Americans. According to my knowledge this amendment was passed in 1870 which was in the Reconstruction period.
Both helped expand democracy, but the Nineteenth expanded the franchise (vote). The Seventeenth Amendment was passed in 1913 and provides for the direct (popular) election of senators. The Nineteenth Amendment was passed in 1920 and allowed women to vote.
Civil Liberties Act
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is not currently part of the U.S. Constitution. It aimed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex and was first proposed in 1923. Despite passing Congress in 1972, it failed to be ratified by enough states to become a constitutional amendment.
Many states begun passing compulsory schooling laws which were not passed.
It outlawed voting discrimination based on race.
It outlawed voting discrimination based on race.
It outlawed voting discrimination based on race.
Slavery ended in the Reconstruction Era, thanks to the 13th Amendment.
to allow settlers to claim land in the west
The original Equal Rights Amendment was written in 1923 by a leader of the Suffrage Movement, Alice Paul. It was introduced and passed the House and Senate in 1972 but was never ratified.