The social changes in American society were an effort to cure many of the problems that had developed during the great burst of industrial growth in the last part of the 19th century. The frontier had been controlled, great cities and businesses developed and an overseas empire established, but not all citizens shared in the new wealth, status and brightness.During the social reform of America, the Eighteenth Amendment was passed. This banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the United States. However, America did not stop drinking. ...view middle of the document...
Another social change was the women's suffrage. Suffragists organized the Seneca Falls Convention in upstate New York. There, Stanton created the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments which was modeled after the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments contained several resolutions including that a man should not deny a woman her rights, take her property or refuse to allow her to vote. Suffragists were greatly disappointed to learn that women were excluded from the Fifteenth Amendment that granted all men the right to vote. However, they continued to protest, march, and organize in the hope that they would soon be able to legally vote. Finally in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was passed which provided women with the right to vote.The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments were only two out the many social changes that occurred in American society. Unfortunately, not all changes worked out. For example, Prohibition was not a success. Prohibition didn't work out because people rebelled against the government and drank anyway. The Women's Suffrage was a success, because the women fought and protested for their right's and did not give up, and in the end, they got what they were fighting many years for.
