1920s: Cultural and Political Controversies

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

"Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty? We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million American women are denied the right to vote. The President himself has hindered our enfranchisement. We will not wait passively while a great wrong is being perpetrated upon us. We will continue to picket the White House." — Alice Paul, 1917

After 1920 Paul shifted to championing

  • A

    Pacifist disarmament treaties

  • B

    The Equal Rights Amendment first proposed in 1923

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  • C

    Anti-lynching legislation

  • D

    Repeal of Prohibition

Explanation

Paul drafted the original ERA in 1923 and lobbied for it for decades, opposing protective labor laws she viewed as discriminatory.

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