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Social movements are groupings of individuals or organizations which focus on political or social issues.. This list excludes the following: Artistic movements: see list of art movements.
The right to assemble is recognized as a human right and protected in the First Amendment of the US Constitution under the clause, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of ...
Birth control movement in the United States; Black Belt in the American South; Black genocide in the United States; Black Indians in the United States; Bound for America: The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies; History of Scouting America
1887– Susanna Medora Salter becomes the first woman elected mayor of an American town, in Argonia, Kansas. 1890 – The first state (Wyoming) grants women the right to vote in all elections.
Pages in category "Social movements in the United States" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This timeline of modern American conservatism lists important events, developments and occurrences that have affected conservatism in the United States. With the decline of the conservative wing of the Democratic Party after 1960, the movement is most closely associated with the Republican Party (GOP).
This is a timeline of the civil rights movement in the United States, a nonviolent mid-20th century freedom movement to gain legal equality and the enforcement of constitutional rights for all Americans.
Hull House, Chicago. Settlement and community houses in the United States were a vital part of the settlement movement, a progressive social movement that began in the mid-19th century in London with the intention of improving the quality of life in poor urban areas through education initiatives, food and shelter provisions, and assimilation and naturalization assistance.