Progressiveness of the Progressive Era rough draft all the info and stuff

of the four constitutional amendments that were adopted during the Progressive era my favorite 2 are the ones that involved, giving women the rights to vote and how women led the fight to make alcohol illegal even before they were given rights to vote.

I think that progressive era

Amendment XVIII

Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

Section 2. The Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the Congress.

Amendment XIX

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.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.




LII: Constitution." Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School. 19 Feb. 2009 .

"LII: Constitution." Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School. 19 Feb. 2009 .