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a women seeking the right to vote through organized protest
suffragists
granted women the right to vote it legally guarantees American women the right to vote
19th amendment
elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote this to dramatize the denied citizenship claims of elite women during a period when the early republics founding documents privileged white propertied males. The document has long been recognized for the sharp critique she made of gender inequality in the us
declaration of sentiments
American activist who was a pioneer crusader for the women’s suffrage movement in the us and was president of the national woman suffrage association her work helped pave the way for the nineteenth amendement to the constitution giving women the right to vote
elizabeth Cady stanton
A violent secret fraternal society founded it to maintain white protestant culture white supremacy and political power
klu klux klan
(of a mob) kill (someone) especially by hanging for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial
lynching
a public breakout of violence between two racial groups in a community
race riot
was a result of the historical context of racism and segregation in the us economic competition between the white and black communities In parts of the us and the active participation of the klu klux klan included race riots and lynching
red summer and Tulsa massacre
national association for the advancement of colored people interracial American organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing education employment voting and transportation to oppose racism and to ensure African Americans their constitutional rights
NAACP
allow each person to have only a fixed amount of a particular commodity
rationing
the influenza pandemic of 1916-19 resulted from such an occurrence and affected populations throughout the world an influenza virus called influenza type A subtype H1NI is now known to have been the cause of the extreme mortality of this pandemic which resulted in an estimated 25 million deaths though some researchers have projected that it caused as many as 40-50 million deaths
Spanish influenza pandemic
the activities of civilians in the us during any world war that supported the war effort
home front
France great Britain and Russia then later called allies when the us joined had an alliance and fought together in WW1
triple entente
germany Austria Hungary Bulgaria and the ottoman empire had an alliance and fought together In ww1
central powers
a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force ex taking away wealth and resources from other countries
imperialism
they use the military to forcefully take control of an area
military imperialism
was an American leader in the women’s rights movement who in 1948 formulated the first organized demand for women’s suffrage in the us
susan b Anthony
