... Blackwell; and Julia Ward Howe, supported the 15th Amendment and campaigned for the passage of state laws to enfranchise women. They established the American Woman's Suffrage Association (AWSA) in 1869. But the Supreme Court dashed any hope that the courts might enfranchise women without legislative or constitutional changes. In Minor v. Hapersett (1875) the Court ruled that citizenship did not in itself confer suffrage rights. The AWSA and NWSA eventually reconciled and ... help choose the nation's leaders. Social reformers hoped that a woman's bloc vote might achieve causes they favor...

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... still inspired communities to carry on with giving African Americans and Southerners the education they needed and more people became educated. Today we still have thousand of schools for all races and ages, proving that the Reconstruction was partially a success. When Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan was not working out for the Radical Republicans, the Radical Republicans decided to take control. Over time, Congress established the 14th and 15th Amendment ... this can be used to show that the Reconstruction was beneficial. Although the Reconstruction seemed to be doing well for Con...

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... time people became interested in what women were thinking and doing as persons instead of just housewives. As the century progressed more and more colleges began to accept women, therefore enabling women to become educated and obtain resources that would make them leaders, writers, poets, and so on. These changes also brought women to new realizations. It stirred women up, and gave them ... the desire to be heard and acknowledged. When the Civil War began. A woman's role became that of nurse, seamstress, farmer, worker, and so on. About four hundred women ... employers. In 1870 the 15t...

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... black Americans during the Reconstruction period. A. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America B. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America C. The 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America IV. The southern reaction throughout the Reconstruction period. A. The birth of the black community B. Black Codes C. Violence V. Conclusion Black Progress during the Reconstruction Period The American Civil War and the Reconstruction period that took place at the end of the war and ... with the ratification of the 15th...

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