Cards in this guide (16)
What did the nineteenth amendment do
It gave the right to vote to women.
The Nineteenth Amendment prohibits sex discrimination in voting,
therefore it guaranteed voting rights for both men and women.
What factors made it easier for women to change in the 1920s
Changes in the law and social norms gave women greater
opportunity.
What was one reason for the founding of the NAACP
Some of the reasons for the founding of the NAACP were:
- The desire to oppose racism
- African Americans' desire for more opportunities
- Jim Crow laws
- Segregation laws
In The Negro Speaks of Rivers what does the poet say about African American history
that it is a long history related to the beginning of
civilization (APEX)
Who was a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance
What was true of both anne O'Hare mccormick and Amelia Earhart
They excelled in fields dominated by men.
Where was 13th amendemnt passed
What has the author Arthur Alfonso Schomburg written
Arthur Alfonso Schomburg has written:
'The Arthur A. Schomburg papers' -- subject(s): African
Americans, Archives, Blacks, History, Sources
Paul Robeson supported the idea that
artistic achievement would help end prejudice
Who was famous poet during the Harlem Renaissance
American women suffrage association (AWSA) tried to
Get every state to vote on women’s suffrage.
Anne O'Hare McCormick was a pioneering woman in the field of
The purpose of the UNIA was to
Promote African American pride
The appearance and behavior of flappers emphasized a new experienced by many women.
Paul Robeson believed whites would see African Americans as equals if whites understood African American
Which is true of Pullman porters in the 1920s
Pullman porters needed a union because they were not treated well.