The 19th Amendment | Periscope

Women celebrate the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920. The amendment allowed them the right to vote for the first time.

Photo courtesy: Business and Professional Women

Standards

• 5.2 Demonstrate an understanding of how international events and conditions during the early 20th Century (i.e., 19101940) affected the United States and South Carolina.
  • 5.2.CX Contextualize the post-war economic climate on the cultural landscape throughout the United States and South Carolina.
• 8.4 Demonstrate an understanding of South Carolinas role in and response to the dynamic economic, political, and social developments in the United States and around the world during the period 18621929.
  • 8.4.CO Compare perspectives toward reform that emerged during the Progressive Era.
  • 8.4.CX Evaluate South Carolinians struggle to create an understanding of their post-Civil War position within the state, the country, and the world.
• USHC.3 Demonstrate an understanding of how innovation and industrialization impacted demographic change, reform movements, and American identity from 18621924.
  • USHC.3.CE Assess the causes and effects of significant turning points in the Populist and Progressive era from 18771924.