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Brielle F

19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women\'s Right to Vote - 0 views

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  • Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote.
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Brielle F

Our Documents - 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote (1920) - 0 views

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  • The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote.
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    Overview on the creation of the 19th amendment.
Gracie M

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  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
  • the Court held that racial segregation purported to be "separate but equal" was constitutional. 
  • The Civil Rights Act was eventually expanded by Congress to strengthen enforcement of these fundamental civil rights.
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  • summer of 1963.
  • The changes strengthened President Kennedy's original proposal in response to the tumultuous summer of 1963,which saw several incidents of racially motivated violence across the South.  The House Judiciary Committee approved the legislation on October 26, 1963, and formally reported it to the full House on November 20, 1963, just two days before President Kennedy was assassinated.  On November 27, 1963, President Lyndon Johnson asserted his commitment to President Kennedy's legislative agenda, particularly civil rights legislation.  The House of Representatives passed a final version of the Civil Rights Act on February 10, 1964.
  • The bill came before the Senate in February 1964. 
  • Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield filed a procedural motion to prevent the Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • The Senate began debate on the proposal on March 30, 1964.
  • Senator Edward Kennedy, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, dedicated his first speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate to the consideration of the Civil Rights Act. 
  • passed on June 19, 1964, by a vote of 73 to 27. 
  • The Civil Rights Act paved the way for future anti-discrimination legislation, including the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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    Information on the Civil Rights Act
Nick B

Pearl Harbor - World War II - HISTORY.com - 0 views

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  • Congress approved his declaration with just one dissenting vote.
  • The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded.
  • Most important, almost 2,500 men were killed and another 1,000 were wounded.
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  • Pearl Harbor Awakens the “Sleeping Giant”
  • More than two years after the start of the conflict, the United States had entered World War II.
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    This website Shows what happens at pearl harbor and the effects. It also shows the response of the U.S
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    This website Shows what happens at pearl harbor and the effects. It also shows the response of the U.S
Brielle F

Featured Document: The 19th Amendment - 0 views

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  • women worked tirelessly
  • More public tactics included parades, silent vigils, and hunger strikes. Supporters were heckled, jailed, and sometimes physically abused.
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    19th amendment info.
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