Civil Liberties In The 1920's

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Pranjal Upadhyaya U.S History Essay 7/26/15 Civil Liberties in Jeopardy The 1920s was a decade of true reform in almost every aspect of society. Things were becoming modernized and despite many objections to progression, this roaring decade served as a bridge from old to new in more ways than one. During the 1920’s, the U.S economy was booming, which lead to more mass production, and better living conditions for the American people. The country’s prosperity was solely based on a boundless supply of natural produce, and an elaborate organization of industrial production. This economic prosperity helped exemplify characteristics of mass production and mass civilization, which defined the new American society. However, does this economic prowess…show more content…
Its efforts helped to give meaning to traditional civil liberties and helped emphasize it. For example, in the document The Fight for Free Speech the ACLU emphasized that “The principle of freedom of speech, press and assemblage, embodied in our constitutional law, must be reasserted in its application to American conditions today.” This shows that organizations like this are worried that their civil liberties are going to be forgotten. The only way that they can keep these civil liberties is if they reemphasize there importance towards the American people. Civil liberties which include free speech, free press, freedom of Assemblage, the right to strike, and right to fair trial. All these civil liberties help win recognition and in the long run makes for less tolerance against violence. In addition, in the 20s organized movements of labor and of the farmers were waging the chief fight for civil liberty throughout the United States as part of their effort for increased control of industry. Thus only by aggressive insistence by the American people civil rights can be secured and…show more content…
After the government ratified the constitutional amendment barring states from discriminating in voting qualifications because of sex, the National Women’s party called for a new Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). It prohibited all legal distinctions between the sexes. For example, in the article called Nation, Hill argues that “The National Women’s party shows a determined effort to secure the freedom of women, an integral part of the struggle for human liberty for which women are first of all responsible.” This shows that women like Hill believe that there civil rights are in danger if they do not act quickly, then it would be too late. She mentions how it would be a struggle to secure women’s freedom; however, by working together as one group they can achieve the impossible. Thus it shows that women, even though society was booming economically, pursue the idea to reestablish their own civil
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