What is the historical significance of the passing of the 18th and 19th amendments?

Here's one: In 1919, the U.S. adopted the 18th Amendment, launching Prohibition; in 1920 came the 19th Amendment and women's suffrage. ... Perhaps a larger percentage of Americans can again learn to recognize that one should never try to end one problem by also canceling an unrelated good.

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my cultural heritage consists of irish, german, native american, and others.

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.