Chapter 17 VOCAB Words

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National American Woman Suffrage Association, or NAWSA, with Stanton as its first president. This group helped organize the suffrage movement into a powerful political force at the state and national levels.

Tuskegee Institute, a vocational college for African Americans in Alabama.He encouraged blacks to gain respect and status by working their way up in society.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or NAACP. The NAACP fought through the courts to end segregation. It also tried to ensure that African American men could exercise voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment.