ional imprisonment. Publicly, Houdini is able to demonstrate his freedom from imprisonment. However, he does not gain any sense of satisfaction from his feats, because in private, his obsession with his mother, which continues even after her death, prevents him from emotional freedom. These years also brought a heavy influx of European and Asian immigrants, as well as an increasingly urban American landscape. The first group to undergo major transformations was the African Americans. With the abolition of slavery during the Reconstruction period, the fight for civil rights within the black community would create another amazing modification in America during the Progressive Era. The black community fought and struggled to obtain rights and privileges equal to that of white men. During the Reconstruction, blacks were first freed from slavery, ability to be considered American citizens, and finally granted the right to vote. The next group to challenge our forefather's words were women. The quest for women's suffrage was a struggle, which plagued America for seventy-t
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