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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.

Who were flappers

During the 1920's the flappers represented a change in the American woman in society. They started showing skin with shorter skirts. They started wearing shorter hair and makeup. The skinny boyish figure was stylish at this time and, in some cases, so was unisex fashion. They drank, smoked, cursed, danced, participated in petting parties, and engaged in other activities seen as scandalous by the society of the day.

What was the Black Star Line

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The study of the past based on what people left behind

The study of the past based on what people left behind is called history.

Why was political change for women difficult before 1920

Social attitudes about women made change difficult.

Why were Mexican workers able to find jobs in the Southwest

Mexican immigrants were able to find jobs for a few separate reasons. These included that they accepted low wages, they did not complain about working conditions, and they did not join unions.

In The Negro Digs Up His Past what is Arthur Schomburg discussing

In "The Negro Digs Up His Past," Arthur Schomburg is discussing the he study of the history of African Americans.

What African American leader played a major role in founding the NAACP

W. E. B. DuBois was the African American leader who played a major role in founding the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).

Who was a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance

all the above.

Why is Aaron Douglas's painting title song of the towers

It depicts the skyscrapers of New York City.

Which is true of Pullman poster in 1920

the porters organized a union and chose an outsider as their leader.

In the negro speaks of rivers what does the poet use rivers to sumbolize

History

The purpose of the UNIA was to

Promote African American pride

Black nationalists believed that

They believe that African Americans need to live separately from whites.

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