... were reactionary periods of the United States. They were periods in which this country was oppressing groups of people. The events of 1877 and 1892 were reactionary or oppressive in the United States. White supremacy was what men at the time were striving for. They wanted to keep blacks out of power. Since the civil war was already over and thus slaver too; white men wanted to keep their power and still limit the rights of blacks. To do this they needed to keep the Democrat party in power of the government. Literacy and intelligence tests were one way of keeping power but one good and obvious way was to give women the right to vote. Women at the time were very much held in control by their husbands and considered their master. It was actually legal for their husbands to punish them physically. With this type of control it ...

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