Progressive Era Through the Great Depression
Progressive Era Through The Great Depression
Sammuel Jalopy
Strayer University
The major historical turning points of the Progressive Ear throughout the Great Depression era have brought about major changes in our world today. There were namy key points in this period. They not only brought on changes to the way certain people were treated but they also impacted the economy, politics, society, and culture of the United States. With the turn of the twentieth century progressivism began with an agenda to change America. Socialism and politics grew from this era, including reforms on state and national levels. During the progressive era woman organized the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) which was founded in 1869 as well as the National Association of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. The National American Woman Suffrage Association effort brought on the right for women to vote in 1920, women of the west had earned the right before those in southern states. The NAWSA was formed in response to a split in the American Equal Rights Association over the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. They strongly supported the right to vote for Black people. The NWSA condemned the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments as injustices to women. They advocated voted for women and also easier divorce and an end to discrimination in employment and pay. The National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association which were both founded in 1869, they were the main suffrage organizations in the U.S. during the 19th century. They pursued the right to vote in different ways, but by 1890 they combined to be able to keep the cause alive. Their strategy was to push for suffrage at the state level believing that state by state support would eventually force the federal government to pass the amendment. In the past 32 years women have advanced farther than in any previous generation yet we still do not
Sammuel Jalopy
Strayer University
The major historical turning points of the Progressive Ear throughout the Great Depression era have brought about major changes in our world today. There were namy key points in this period. They not only brought on changes to the way certain people were treated but they also impacted the economy, politics, society, and culture of the United States. With the turn of the twentieth century progressivism began with an agenda to change America. Socialism and politics grew from this era, including reforms on state and national levels. During the progressive era woman organized the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) which was founded in 1869 as well as the National Association of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. The National American Woman Suffrage Association effort brought on the right for women to vote in 1920, women of the west had earned the right before those in southern states. The NAWSA was formed in response to a split in the American Equal Rights Association over the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. They strongly supported the right to vote for Black people. The NWSA condemned the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments as injustices to women. They advocated voted for women and also easier divorce and an end to discrimination in employment and pay. The National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association which were both founded in 1869, they were the main suffrage organizations in the U.S. during the 19th century. They pursued the right to vote in different ways, but by 1890 they combined to be able to keep the cause alive. Their strategy was to push for suffrage at the state level believing that state by state support would eventually force the federal government to pass the amendment. In the past 32 years women have advanced farther than in any previous generation yet we still do not
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