Legislature part 2: Nineteenth amendment

With the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provided: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote are not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex?" Women’s suffrage campaigns where happy they were finally getting the rights they had been seeking for years. There had been several earlier attempts at passing the bill before it was finally passed in 1920:

January 12, 1915; defeated by a vote of 204 to 174

January 10, 1918; passed by the house with two thirds of a victory with barely one vote

September 30, 1918; the bill was taken to the senate but fell short of passage by two votes

February 10, 1919; the bill was voted on again and failed by one vote

June 4, 1919; the bill went to senate and was passed 54 to 26.

It was then passed by 36 states, making it an official amendment, on August 18, 1920

Sources

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Important people part 3:Al Capone

The Mans an original Gangster that’s all there is to say. The reason I included this man, is because even though he isn’t a politician, he is famous as the villain of the prohibition era, he was responsible for most of the liquor and alcohol bootlegging in the country. He was a mastermind to many murders, including the infamous Saint Valentines Massacre.

He was the boss of the Italian American organized crime syndicate in Chicago, known as "the Capones". His full name Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone ( He was born on January 17, 1899 –  He died on January 25, 1947), was an infamous man, but with all the crimes against him he never went jail for them. After the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre, the Government was out for Capone’s head, but all their investigations didn’t come up with enough evidence to convict him. But finally they caught him for tax evasion and sent him to San Francisco’s maximum security penitently called Alcatraz, for eleven years.

Capone died a few years after his release, with declining physical and mental health, he was often herd ranting about communists and plots to kill him by his former cell mate. On January 21 1947, Capone had a stroke, he seemed to be recovering but three days later he contracted Pneumonia, and suffered cardiac arrest in his Miami home.

Event Part 2: Saint Valentine's Day massacre

The Saints Valentine's Day massacre isn’t a direct political law or person. But it is directly related to Prohibition, or "the Volstead act". This is because with alcohol illegal, their where gangs in the country who would make and sell it illegally. This massacre is the murder of seven people in Chicago, during the heated rivalry between the outside Italians, and the north side Irish.

Four of the Italians under the leadership of Capone dressed as police officers and went to an Irish gang hideout. At first it seemed like a normal procedure they put all of the Irish against a wall in pat down position but instead of a pat down, the fake police officers pulled out Tommy guns and opened fire. Officials believe this was retaliation for the Irish gang’s attack on the Italian HQ.

Legislation Part 1: The Volstead Act

In 1919 and 1920 a piece of legislature was passed with the 18th amendment its known as the Prohibition act. Prohibition was heavily supported by women’s right and children’s activists. Claiming that it would help decrease alcoholic abuse, among families. The amendment was short lived but it prohibited the creation, distribution and transportation of alcohols in the United States and several other large countries in the world.

On paper it was a good idea, but it was never enforced heavily. Until it open the way for criminal underground empires and disasters that would lead to the law being repealed in 1933.

Known simply as "Prohibition" it was a law that was passed by many countries but almost all of them repealed it, Including Britain, America, and Canada

Important People Part2: Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (Born in December 28, 1856 – Died on February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States. A Figurehead of the Progressive Movement, he even served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910.Then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913. With the two republican candidates (Theodore Roosevelt and William Howa rd Taft) had divided the Republican Party vote, Wilson was elected President as a Democrat in 1912. He was the only U.S. President to hold a Ph.D. degree, (in political science and history) which he got from Johns Hopkins University.

During his two terms in office he focused on economic development and Diplomacy. Partially in due to anti-German sentiment growing around the world in the late 1910’s his final term ended in 1920. He was well known for being a golf player and during the winter would make the secret service paint his golf balls black. He was usually in bad health and suffered his first stroke at age 39. He was one of only 3 presidents to be widowed and office. One last interesting fact, he was the first president to throw a baseball at the world series.

Imprtant People Part 1: Mohanda Ganhdi

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."
                             -An original quote from Mohandas Gandhi

Gandhi is known as the father of Indian independence and the man who created Civil Disobedience. Many people may not know but for many years Britain controlled India, it was only another one of its colonies. Gandhi used Civil Disobedience which was a mass form of non violent protest to help his country. He organized rallies, marches, and many other events to help gain independence. Gandhi Began his protest in 1915, and continued them up to his assassination in 1945. A little known fact is that before his assassination 5 other attempts to kill him where made. But it wasn’t for nothing in 1948 England left the empire behind, and broke it into two countries, Pakistan and India. October 3rd is his day of birth and it is a national holiday in many places.