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18th amendment passed but repealed in 1931 with the 21st amendment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