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constitution
constitution fundamental principles of government in a nation, either implied in its laws, institutions, and customs, or embodied in one fundamental document or in several. In the first category—customary and unwritten constitutions—is the British constitution, which is contained implic... Read more
Constitution of the United States
Constitution of the United States document embodying the fundamental principles upon which the American republic is conducted. Drawn up at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, the Constitution was signed on Sept. 17, 1787, and ratified by the required number of states (nine) by ... Read more
amendment
amendment in law, alteration of the provisions of a legal document. The term usually refers to the alteration of a statute or a constitution , but it is also applied in parliamentary law to proposed changes to a bill or motion under consideration, and in judicial procedure to the correction ... Read more
referendum
referendum referral of proposed laws or constitutional amendments to the electorate for final approval. This direct form of legislation, along with the initiative , was known in Greece and other early democracies. Today, these legislative devices are widely used in certain countries, most notably ... Read more
initiative
initiative the originating of a law or constitutional amendment by popular petition. It is intended to allow the electorate to initiate legislation independently of the legislature. This direct form of legislation, together with the referendum , was known in Greece and other early democracies. It ... Read more
legislative apportionment
legislative apportionment subdivision of a political body (e.g., a state or province) for the purpose of electing legislative representatives. In the United States, the Constitution requires that Congressional representatives be elected on the basis of population. State legislatures, not bound by t... Read more
Legal Tender cases
Legal Tender cases lawsuits brought to the U.S. Supreme Court involving the constitutionality of the Legal Tender Act of 1862, which was passed to meet currency needs during the Civil War. The act had authorized the issue of $150 million in "United States notes" (see greenback ) without any re... Read more
Thomas McIntyre Cooley
Thomas McIntyre Cooley 1824-98, American jurist, b. near Attica, N.Y. He was a judge (1864-85) of the supreme court of Michigan and was the first chairman (1887-91) of the Interstate Commerce Commission. His best-known work is A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest upon the Legisl... Read more
Roth v. United States
Roth v. United States case decided in 1957 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Samuel Roth of New York City was convicted of mailing obscene materials. On appeal his conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court, which held that obscenity was not protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The... Read more
poll tax
poll tax a capital tax levied equally on every adult in the community. Although no longer a significant source of revenue for any major country, the poll tax did provide large sums for many governments until well into the 1800s. The tax has long been attacked as being an unfair burden upon those le... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution"

Nineteenth Amendment
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...AMENDMENT The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: The...citizens of the United States to vote...abridged by the United States or by any State on account of...legislation. The Nineteenth Amendment was...approval of an ...
Paul, Alice Stokes
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...equal rights amendment. Paul...returned to the United States in...the U.S. Constitution. Paul organized...ratification of the nineteenth amendment...honor of the nineteenth-century...abridged by the United States or by any State on account...
woman suffrage
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...agitate for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Another...a federal amendment or to work for state amendments&mdash...societies were united as the National...Several of the states and territories...1920 the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution...
National Woman's Party
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...returned to the United States to revive...constitutional amendment to enfranchise...individual state constitutional...enfranchised by state action to...keep the United States out of the...passed the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution , followed...
Howe, Julia Ward
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...war fought in the United States between the northern...and Prussia, or states that made up what...two associations united in 1890 as the National...to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, in 1920. In 1908...
Kelley, Florence
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...and children in the United States. Her early efforts...occurring in the United States, including...focused on passing a nineteenth amendment to the Constitution to guarantee the...husband returned to the United States in 1886...
Women's Rights
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...movement in the United States began in the nineteenth century when...constitutional amendment granting women...followers sought amendments in state constitutions. The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified...
Constitution
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...built: A constitution may be defined...offices in a state, by which...frame of the constitution, are the...written constitutions came into...eighteenth and nineteenth centuries...that of the United States, created...groups to have constitutions. In its ideal form, a ...
Feminist Jurisprudence
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...began in the nineteenth century with...In the mid-nineteenth century, many state legislatures...when the nineteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified...rights in the United States. The modern...constitutional amendment to provide...Fourteenth ...
Sex Discrimination
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...persisted in the United States until the middle of the nineteenth century, when...began in the nineteenth century with...the nineteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified...rights in the United States. Sex...

Dictionary entries related to "Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution"

Feminism: Overview
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...International agencies such as the United Nations support many women...the "first wave" in the United States beginning with initiatives...led to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution, enfranchising American...
State Constitutions
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...government. Many state constitutions also address...deemed by the states to be of sufficient...included in the constitution rather than...the original state constitutions and are at...into a late-nineteenth-century revision...Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, ...
Disfranchisement
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...in New York State. No females...in northern states from 1846 to...the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1870. Efforts...the local and state levels until...passage of the Nineteenth Amendment...Even today, state laws that disfranchise...black. In ten ...
Bill of Rights in State Constitutions
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the federal Constitution. From the...the United States Supreme Court...abuses by the states. Thus during this time the state bills of rights...example, in the nineteenth century criminal...under some state constitutions but not under...York, the United ...
Suffrage
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...The U.S. Constitution also has contributed...members of a lower state legislative body...The Seventeenth Amendment (1913) extends...incentive for states to expand their...promising to reduce a state's representation...1870) prohibits states from denying...Rights Act. The ...
National Woman's Party
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...official support to the Nineteenth Amendment, which was the object...enfranchisement by state legislators. BIBLIOGRAPHY...Rights Movement in the United States. Cambridge, Mass...Rights in U.S. Constitution ; Progressive Movement...
Sovereignty, Doctrine of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...as well as nineteenth-century...jurisdiction. In the United States it...the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, often referred...delegated to the United States by...forming the United States, each individual state had given...
Subsidies
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...SUBSIDIES. The United States has been...prohibited by the Constitution was a legal and...manufacturing base in the United States. Jefferson...to propose an amendment to the Constitution...continue in the United States for more than...national history state ...
Property Qualifications
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which took...prohibition to state elections...Elections, that state poll taxes...almost all states had property...the early nineteenth century newly...southern states reenacted...Solid South ; ...
States' Rights
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...ideas in the Constitution; others advocated...residing with the states. The federal...reconciled state and national...the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution made the states' rights doctrine...delegated to the United States by...reserved to the States ...

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Time trip.(United States constitutional amendments on voting)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication; 11/1/2002; 700+ words ; ...1971, the states ratified the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, giving...popular vote. State legislatures...original 13 states required...abridged by the United States or by any State on account...dates. * Nineteenth Amendment...
NATURALIZED AMERICANS AND THE PRESIDENCY:JOHN YINGER
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 10/5/2004; 700+ words ; ...The U.S. Constitution made historic...allowed the states to disenfranchise...Fifteenth, and Nineteenth Amendments to the Constitution...the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution...came to the United States when...citizenship of the United States in ...
Women Get the Vote
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/27/1999; 700+ words ; ...century. An amendment to the Constitution that would...sent it to the states for ratification...Constitution of the United States, Secretary of State Colby last...seal of the United States has...is now the nineteenth amendment of...
President Clinton Issues Women's Equality Day Proclamation
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 8/18/1993; 544 words ; ...PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION...ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution. In declaring that...account of sex, the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed...have made to the United States. On this...
The suffrage war.(National American Woman Suffrage Association's Carrie Chapman Catt services)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...once the United States became involved...the individual states, but at the...New York State gave women the...s suffrage amendment on January 9...War I, the United States ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, giving women...THEIR ...
COLUMN: Stop gender discrimination
News Wire article from: University Wire; 11/7/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Sept. 11, the United States has witnessed...movement in the nineteenth century. American...vote by the nineteenth amendment to the constitution, which was...in national, state and local elections...members of the United States government...
New Conspiracy Theory Concerning Disenfranchisement.
Magazine article from: Black Issues in Higher Education; 11/26/1998; 676 words ; ...their right to vote in United States. Is there is any truth...guaranteed by Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments to the Constitution, which respectively...The Fifteenth and Nineteenth constitutional amendments uphold this right and...
'Appointment with history': the referenda on the Stormont Peace Agreement, May 1998.
Magazine article from: West European Politics; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...governments of the United Kingdom and...as a 'Free State' with Dominion...part of the United Kingdom requires...in its 1937 Constitution to sovereignty...to amend the Constitution contained in...undermentioned Bill? Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution...

Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 6/7/2002; 700+ words ; ...informed and active role in their government. The League of Women Voters of the United States was formed in 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote. There has been a League serving Porter County for...
ASK THE GLOBE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/25/2000; 357 words ; ...was granted in 1920 with enactment of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The United States was following the example of the British...voting rights far ahead of England and the United states. Women began to vote in New Zealand in...