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The Fight For Freedom In The 1920's

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The Fight for Freedom
Since 1776, Women and African-Americans have fought for their civil rights such as; the right to vote, to be paid equally and to be given the same job opportunities. Groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), formed together due to American’s legal rights being violated and attacked. This eventually brought on a rights revolution, which helped give meaning to our civil rights. In “The Triumph of Conservatism,” “Espionage Act of 1917,” “The Fight for Civil Liberties,” as well as other important documents, it is seen that the freedoms of women and African-American’s in the twentieth century expanded and contracted.
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