Why did the 19th Amendment pass during the
Progressive Era but not before?

Congress passes the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. ... During the Reconstruction Era, the 15th Amendment was adopted, granting African American men the right to vote, but the Republican-dominated Congress failed to expand its progressive radicalism into the sphere of gender.

Explanation: basically the republicans were wussies back then

- a government ruled by the people, or assembly. officials monarchy - a single ruler like a king. over time some city-states, like athens would change governments. what this means is that all the citizens voted on all the laws.