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UNIT 10 REFORM PICKET SIGNS
Its time for change
Terrell Election Laws
Law was passed in 1903 Secret Ballots and restricted
campaigning near poll booths Required that major political parties of
Texas hold primary elections before a general election
Effects of the Terrell Election Law Political- campaigning requirements for
those running for office These requirements are the basic
election law today
Prohibition
Prohibition was a period of time that aimed at making the sale and manufacture of liquor illegal
Women’s Christian temperance Union and the Women’s Suffrage Movement supported it
Effects
Political- amendments passed (changed the constitution)
Economic- Prevented the sale and manufacture of alcohol
18th amendment passed but repealed in 1931 with the 21st amendment
Reduced the amount of alcohol drank by Americans
Punish the KKK
Got rid of Jim Crow laws (laws that kept minorities from voting)
Miriam “Ma” Ferguson was elected governor on an anti-Klan platform
effects
Social- way of life became safer and more equal for many Texans
Klan members were prosecuted
Populism
A nation wide movement of rural Americans who felt that they had not benefited from the growth of industry and wanted the government to help them
Organized the Farmers Alliance
Effects of Populism
Political- organized a political party (Peoples Party)
Economical- wanted government to regulate big business to help out farmers
Democratic party took on the issues of the populist party
Some economic relief for farmers
Women's Suffrage
Suffragists wrote letters, signed petitions, and lobbied the state legislature to let women vote
19th Amendment passed in 1920
Effects of Women's Suffrage
Political- earned the right to vote Texas women were able to vote in the
state primaries The 19th amendment passed
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