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Amendment XIX Giancarlo F Noelle Ma Womens Suffrage Section 1

Ammendment 19 (XIX)

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The 19 ammendment established the right of woman to vote on a national wide basis and indirectly established the right of woman to hold public office.

Date ammendment was proposed- June 4th 1919

Date ratified and how many states ratified it- 36 states ratified it and it was on August 18, 1920

**During the time of the 19th ammendment the U.S.** began working for a more peaceful world. Several Americans came away from World War I feeling angry. World War I had left Americans with a strong wish to stay out of future wars. On May 5, 1920 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who recently came to the United States were arrested. They were charged with robbery and murder. As presidant of the American Womens suffrage association, Carrie Chapman Catt developed a plan to give woman a right to vote. Womens suffrage lost some of its force during World War I. After war ended President Wilson asked Congress to amend the constitution to give woman the right to vote. In 1920 Congress passed and the states ratified the 19th ammendment giving woman the right.

**During the time of the 19th ammendment the world**had many changes because of World War I. Everyone wanted a more peaceful world. In the middle and the late 1920's the united states began to try to use new policies dealing with Latin America. Some Latin Americans had begun to speak out against the United States and its interference in the affairs of their countries. Air transportation was an important industry in the 1920's. There was not much going on in the world of the time of the 19th ammendment.