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A. R. Roessler's Latest Map of the State of Texas, 1874. During the American Civil War, Texas had joined the Confederate States.The Confederacy was defeated, and U.S. Army soldiers arrived in Texas on June 19, 1865 to take possession of the state, restore order, and enforce the emancipation of slaves.
Five women officers of the Women's League in Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1899. The club movement [1] is an American women's social movement that started in the mid-19th century and spread throughout the United States. [1] It established the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform public policy.
Toggle Late-19th century subsection. 4.1 ... (1861-1865). Texas, ... LULAC quickly developed into an influential middle-class civil rights organization with councils ...
By mid-century, the ideal of romantic love was firmly established in middle-class America, becoming even more meaningful than religion. [12]: 8 [8]: 103–105 With heightened expectations of happiness and fulfillment from marriage and the strict disapproval of divorce, courtship was a high-stakes pursuit of the right partner. This frequently ...
1865. Louisiana: Married women are given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1867. Illinois: In 1867, the state passes the Bill for the Protection of Personal Liberty, which guaranteed all people accused of insanity, including wives, had the right to a public hearing. [20]
The Progressives worked through new middle-class organizations to fight against the corruption and behind-the-scenes power of entrenched, state political party organizations and big-city "machines". They demanded—and won—women's right to vote, and the nationwide prohibition of alcohol 1920–1933.
19th century in Texas — in Spanish Texas (1690−1821), in Mexican Texas (1821−1836), in the Republic of Texas (1836−1846), and in the U.S. state of Texas (est ...
It lasted from the 15th through 19th centuries and was the largest legal form of unfree labor in the history of the United States, reaching 4 million slaves at its height. [ citation needed ] Slavery and involuntary servitude were made illegal through the thirteenth amendment , except as punishment for a crime. [ 1 ]