MT:4 The 1920’s

MT:4 THE 1920’SLearning Target #1: What was the 19th amendment? How did the 19th amendment change the role of women in society

Assignment: View power point then answer the questions at the end. Add questions to handout #1

WHO COULD VOTE?

White men who owned property were the only ones allowed to vote in the USA

Later any white male born in the USA

After the civil war in 1884, African American males could vote

For a long time only…

WOMEN COULD NOT VOTE

People thought women too dumb to understand politics If women voted they

would stop getting married, they would stop having children and the human race would die out

Women were too emotional to handle voting

Women had little rights Women could not own

property Only “bad” women

worked, women couldn’t work

Women couldn’t get a divorce and if they divorced they could not get custody of the children

Beliefs for why women shouldn’t vote:

How not voting effected women?

SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT-FIGHT FOR VOTING Women began to

fight for the right to vote Marches, protests,

wrote letters It was a very long

process- Took years Wyoming was the 1st

state to let women vote

19TH AMENDMENT

June 4, 1919 Women given the

right to vote The 19th Amendment

was added to the US Constitution “The right of citizens

of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

RESULTS OF SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN Women could now vote

on issues Laws were passed

because women began to vote Birth control Divorce laws Property laws

Women’s confidence grows

Women began to get jobs Since women had

their own money, companies began inventing products geared towards women

INVENTIONS – EASIER, MORE LEISURE TIME Iron Washer machine

Extra time gave women time to find jobs = make more money = buy more stuff

Women became leading consumers (spenders of money) after the 19th amendment

FLAPPER Women began to cut

their hair in bobs Women wore short

dresses Women danced, drank,

smoked, cussed Rebelled from

traditional way women were expected to dress and behave

Flappers were seen as loose women (hoochies)

QUESTIONS1. Who or what type of people were allowed to

vote prior to women?2. What ideas/ theories for why women should not

vote?3. How did the lack of being able to vote effect

women?4. What did women do to gain support for the

passage of a law that allowed women to vote?5. When were women finally allowed to vote?6. Which amendment gave when the right to vote?7. How did the lives of women change after they

could vote?