Topics In American History: The US 1914-1945

The course HIST 210-Topics in American History: The U.S. 1914-1945, took us on a historical journey of the United States covering specifically the period 1914-1945. Many interesting topics were explored for example: Prohibition, Civil Rights, suffrage, FDR and the New Deal, causes of the Great Depression Neutrality Act, Women during WWII and New Technologies and weapons just to name a few. In fact, of all the topics examined, I found the topic on women and our role extremely interesting, yet disheartening. For many centuries women were perceived as property with no rights whatsoever. But, on June 14, 1919 Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. This gave women the right to vote in 1920. Yet, for decades women