History of the United States II / Unit 6 USH2 0771 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Nineteenth Amendment
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The idea
Congress passed the Nineteenth Amendment on June fourth, nineteen nineteen, and ratification was complete on August eighteenth, nineteen twenty.
In practice
The vote not to be denied or abridged "on account of sex."
Where people slip
Tennessee was the thirty-sixth state to ratify. Unit eight carries the final vote there; this unit carries the campaign.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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