I believe that Massachusetts was farthest North.
The great depression challenged american families in major ways, placing great economic, social, and psychological strains on these families. they became democrats, since the president that brought the great depression was republican, americans voted democrat for the next five years.
State rights, slavery, and sectionalism,
Hiram Johnson managed to get the California Proposition 4 passed which was a constitution amendment to the constitution of California which gave Women the power to vote. This was in 1911, years before the 19th amendment was passed on a national level and before women from all around the United States of America got general suffrage rights.
In a free market, capitalists would reinvest in new business ...