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=19W7= Amendment 19


 * Essential Question:** **How do the issues which prompted the creation of the amendments compare with the issues they are applied** **to today?**

**Our Defintion**- If someone wants to vote, the U.S government can't deny it based on their gender or race. Congress must enforce this.


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__ Questions and Answers on the 19th Amendment__
The first states that allowed women to vote were Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan. These were some of the first states that ratified federal women suffrage before any other state.
 * 1 Which was the first states to allow women to vote? **

Allowing women to vote effected society in the past because women talked how they took up half the population so there was no reason why they shouldn't be included. It also gave women more jobs, education, and now they can become judges. So they decided to allow women to vote and participate with the government.
 * 2. How did allowing women to vote, effect society in the past? **

The women were able to vote when they became the age of 21. This age is the same as the men.
 * 3. How old did the women have to be, to be able to vote? **

Women weren't able to vote for many reasons. Many men thought that women couldn't vote because there is little doubt that the vast majority of women have no desire for the vote. They also thought that women weren't able to vote because the physical nature of women unfits them for direct com­petition with men. Politics also worried that a powerful woman would emerge in America’s politics
 * 4. Why couldn't the women vote? **

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, along with Susan B. Anthony and other activists, formed organizations that raised public awareness and lobbied the government to grant voting rights to women. After a 70-year battle, these groups finally emerged victorious with the passage of the 19th amendment.
 * 5. Who were some famous protestors? **

In the mid-19th century, women began to protest their right to vote. Between 1878, when the amendment was first introduced in Congress, and August 18, 1920, when it was ratified, champions of voting rights for women worked tirelessly, but strategies for achieving their goal varied. Overall, the protests lasted about 41 years.
 * 6. How long did all the protests last until the amendment was written? **

On May 21, 1919, the House of Representatives passed the amendment, and 2 weeks later, the Senate followed. Nine western states adopted woman suffrage legislation by 1912. Others challenged male-only voting laws in the courts. New York adopted woman suffrage in 1917. All states allowed women to vote at different times.
 * 7. When did they allow women to vote? **

There was no specific person that allowed women to vote. But Congress passed the final draft of the amendment on June 4, 1919.
 * 8. Who allowed women to vote? **

Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle; victory took decades of agitation and protest. Supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change of the Constitution.
 * 9. What did the women have to do to be able to vote? **

Since women took up have the population, it was hard to come up with a reason why we shouldn’t include them. Women also felt they should have to same rights as men regarding politics.
 * 10. Why was this amendment written? **

This amendment exists today because women never stopped the fight for their right to vote. There was no good reason ot why they shouldn't be included in the votes anyway.
 * 11. Why does this amendment exist today. **

Lyndia Chapin Taft was the first woman that voted. This occurred at a town meeting in New England. She was born in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
 * 12.Who was the first woman to vote? **

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Ashley Scalisi

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__**Article Title**__: __Women Voters May Play Key Role in Midterm Elections__

__**Article Date**__: October 30, 2014


 * Five things you learned from this article. Please write in complete sentences:**

5. Katy Atkinson, a GOP political official in Colorado, noted that social issues usually poll low in priority but can be effective in defining candidates as too extreme.

 * My opinion of the article is………………. (5-6 sentences)**

My opinion of the article is that the 19th amendment had such a great cause in the past and even in the present. Ever since the amendment was passed, women have had such a key role in taking part with the government. More and more women have decided to vote ever since then. The article informs readers on why and how women voters have played a key role in midterm elections. Thanks to the 19th amendment, women are now able to vote and take part in such an event!

**__Essential Question__:** **How do the issues which prompted the creation of the amendments compare with the issues they are applied** **to today?**
**Ashley's answer:** There were many reasons why the amendment was created. Some of these reasons can also be applied today. Women take up half the population, so why would it be fair if women weren't allowed to vote. In the past, women felt that they should have the same rights as men, such as being able to vote. Most people also feel that way today. Women should be treated equally and not like house servants. In te past women stood up for what they believed in and now everybody as a say in he government. Not just men!

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__ **Article Title:The power of the 19th Amendment, Then and Now** __

__ **Article Date: October 24th, 2014** __


 * Five things you learned from this article. Please write in complete sentences: **

**1.** 10/24/14 is Women's Equality Day, which marks the 94th anniversary of the 19th Amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote.

2.Although the government authorized that the women and men are equal, the true equality remains distance dream.

3.Women also continue to struggle to achieve equality of health care

4.They argue that such legislation would be redundant and unnecessary. Their actions tell women to accept their status as second-class citizens who deserve less than their male counterparts.

5.In the near century that women have had the right to vote, they have used it to push for progress and justice


 * My opinion of the article is………………. (5-6 sentences)**

My opinion of this article is that 19th amendment is really important to today. Because as women get the right to vote, today many women are flourishing in U.S. In the future, if women can more rights the same as men, women can flourish more and there will be good government.

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