Abolition- the act of doing away with or the state of being done away with; annulment.

Abolition as a movement- This movement was fighting to end slavery. Once that was accomplished abolitionists worked to gain blacks the right to vote.

Ballot- 1) a piece of paper to vote 2) the act of voting.

Citizenship- having the duties, rights, and privilege of being a citizen of a country.

Civil disobedience- refusal to obey civil laws in an effort to induce change in governmental policy or legislation, characterized by the use of passive resistance or other nonviolent means.

Direct action- the strategic use of immediately effective acts, such as strikes, demonstrations, or sabotage, to achieve a political or social end.

Disenfranchise- to take away, or not give, the rights of citizenship to a person or a group of people, such as not having the right to vote.

Domesticity- 1) the quality or condition of being domestic 2) home life or devotion to it 3) household affairs.

Cult of Domesticity- was a set of "rules" that women were expected to live by, it stated that the home was the "proper sphere" for women and that they should be pure, pious, submissive, and domestic. This also held the belief that women were better at parenting.

Enfranchise- to give the rights of citizenship to a person or group of people, especially to give the right to vote.

Federal- belonging to the central government of a country, as opposed to the local government of a city or state.

Feminism- 1) belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes 2) the movement organized around this belief.

Hunger strikes- a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest, as by a prisoner.

Militant- 1) fighting or making war 2) aggressive or combative.

Muckraker- a journalist, photographer, author, etc., that investigates and exposes corruption that violates widely held values.

Municipal- belonging to a city or town.

Orator- a skilled public speaker.

Petition- 1) an appeal, especially to a person or group in authority 2) a written document formally requesting a right or benefit from an authority or government.

Picket- a person or group of people standing outside a building to protest.

Political Machine- a group that controls the actions of a political party.

Prohibition- 1) the act of prohibiting 2) a law, order, or decree that forbids something 3) the forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages (as in the period of 1920-1933)

Protest- 1) a formal declaration of disapproval or objection issued by a concerned person, group, or organization 2) an individual or collective gesture or display of disapproval.

Suffrage- the right to vote.

Trade Union- a labor union, especially one that is limited to members of the same trade.

Unionization- act of forming labor unions.