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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

shipping company ~apex

What was the purpose of the League of Women Voters

keep voters informed about women's issues

and to educate women to be better voters

How did president Hoover react to the bonus army

He used the military to disperse protesters.

Why were flappers shocking to society

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Social attitudes in the past were opposed to independent women.

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
What change took place among working women in the early 1900s

A large number of women became secretaries or managers.

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.

Which leader helped to found the NAACP

W. E. B. DuBois helped to found the NAACP.

Which women was a pioneering journalist for the New York Times

Anne O'hare McCormick

Who was a pioneering women journalists

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Which is true of Pullman porters in the 1920s

Pullman porters needed a union because they were not treated well.

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