In the late 1800s, women could not vote and minorities such as African Americans faced prejudice and discrimination. Discuss the causes of these issues, as well as the efforts of reformers who wanted to correct these problems in American society.

The women’s suffrage movement in the United States was a fight for the rights of women to vote. The movement began in the 1820s for equal rights as the men. Women were not allowed to participate in public as men, they remain eliminated from voting rights. Women were coming out of their houses for the cause and demanding to gave rights and status in society. In the 1920s, women were allowed to vote, which led them to gain freedom and status in society.

African Americans faced prejudice and discrimination in the reconstruction era as the Jim Crow Laws introduced in the South. African Americans were kept separated from the white Americans based on race. They tried to bring change in the society with the introduction of the Civil Right Movement. The civil rights movement helped African American to achieve their rights in America in the 1950s and 1960s to break the pattern of discrimination.