Name two successful freedom movements that happened toward the end of the twentieth century.

Name two successful Freedom Movements that happened toward the end of the 20th century.

Freedom Movements:

1. The 19th Amendment:

After 72 years fighting to allow the women to vote in 1920 the right was given.

2. The Abolition of Slavery:  

In 1862, the president Abraham Lincoln had become convinced that freeing the South´s  slaves was critical to the union effort to win the civil war.

swe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

- declaration of independence

  according to this passage from the declaration of independence, who gives government the power to exist?

a) the king

b) the people

c) their creator

d) their governmenthook

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