Реферат: Progressivism Movements Essay Research Paper I The

Americans fell further behind because of their smaller population and the

effectiveness of voting restrictions in the South. 6. Progressives also focused

on cities leaving out tenant and migrant farmers and non-unionized workers in

general. 7. Some progressives supported immigration restrictions and literacy

test. 8. Progressives also supported the imperialistic adventures of the day. 9.

They believed in ?civilizing? under-developed nations, no matter what the

residents of those nations wanted. 10. The End of the Progressive Coalition 11.

August 1914, a war broke out in Europe 12. Americans worried how long they could

stay uninvolved in the conflict. 13. By 1916, the reform spirit had ended whit

the exception of women?s suffrage. IV. Suffrage at Last: A Turning Point in

History A. Suffrage at the Turn of the Century 1. In August 1920, Tennessee had

to make a huge decision, whether or not to ratify the 19th amendment. 2. Carrie

Chapman Catt directed the lobbying effort for the ?suffs?. 3. The National

American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was established. 4. Women?s Rights

5. Women had won many rights. Married women could buy, sell and will property.

6. Myra Bradwell of Chicago was denied a state license to practice law in 1869.

She appealed to the Supreme Court where her denial was upheld. (Bradwell vs.

Illinois 1873). 7. By 1900?s women were becoming more involved in unions,

picketing, voluntary organizations, and getting arrested. 8. The Opposition

Mobilizes 9. Anti-suffragists made two arguments: a. women were powerful enough

without voting b. giving women the vote would blur the distinction between the

sexes and make women seem more masculine. 10. Anti-suffragists said that women

would quickly establish prohibition. B. Suffragist Strategies 1. Suffragists

followed two paths toward their goals: a. pressing for a constitutional

amendment b. encouraging states to approve women?s suffrage. 2. In 1878

Congress adopted the wording of suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony in the

?Anthony Amendment?. 3. The Anthony Amendment didn?t resurface until 1913.

4. The movement heats up in the 1910?s 5. The suffrage movement was becoming

more widely accepted in the 1900?s. 6. Carrie Chapman Catt- Systematized NAWSA