The quote is referring to the 19th amendment being passed which gave women the right to vote
Have a free market system or have privacy at all <span />
The Enlightenment was an era where people started realizing that they had (human) rights, realized that the monarchy + aristrocrats/ rich ppl in general shouldn't do whatever they wanted to do (like kill a bunch of ppl for saying smth against the Crown's beliefs), realized that they are capable of believing and doing something more than just living as a peasant.
The French had really sucky monarchs (like King Louis the Thirteenth), and frankly, they were sick of living in famine and poverty, so it was kinda like being in the right place and at the right time-- they overthrew their monarchy, now aware that they had these rights (inspired by the Enlightenment). "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité" was the slogan. Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood = everything the monarchy wasn't.
It was how Earth Day came to be celebrated and was how things like the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act were passed and the Environmental Protection Agency was created to help clean up chemical waste and any other pollutants. Obviously without these things we’d have a huge problem and we depend on them greatly if you think about it.
Answer:
Yes, I believe it is important for average Americans to have an accurate understanding of American history in order to understand our hectic present today.
Explanation:
The importance of this study is that the future of our nation is at stake. Knowledge of a nation's history by its citizens is essential to preserving all democratic societies. Americans need to understand the past in order to make sense of a chaotic present and an inchoate future.
