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Political and Legal Change
American social and political movements have had their own soundtracks. In eras with low literacy rates and limited mass media, many political movements used songs to reach public audiences. Abolition, temperance, and suffrage activists used songs to promote their causes. These political efforts resulted in the passage of the 13th, 18th, and 19th amendments to the U.S. Constitution. |