Civil Rights at the Turn of the Century

Question 1

The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1869 prompted the formation of two major suffrage organizations because

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it granted formerly enslaved men the right to vote, while women were still denied this right.

Question 2

Read the quotation by Abigail Adams.“[I]n the new Code of Laws…Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors...If [particular] care and attention is not paid to the [Ladies] we are determined to foment a [Rebellion], and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.”Which of the following best describes Abigail Adams' view on the role of women in society?

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Adams believed that women had traditionally been denied a voice in society’s affairs, and that this should change.

Question 3

Which of the following did Ukrainian immigrant Clara Lemlich accomplish in 1909?

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better working conditions for female garment workers in New York City

Question 4

best

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Society believed that women needed only the ability to read, write, and do simple math.

Question 5

The woman who opened the first birth-control clinic in the United States was

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Margaret Sanger.

Question 6

Read the following excerpt from a statement made by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. In every time of crisis, women have served our country in difficult and hazardous ways. They will do so now, in the home and at work. We naturally deplore those economic conditions which require women to work unless they desire to do so, and the programs of our administration are designed to improve family incomes so that women can make their own decisions in this area. Women should not be considered a marginal group to be employed periodically only to be denied opportunity to satisfy their needs and aspirations when unemployment rises or a war ends.According to the passage, which best describes a long-term impact of woman suffrage in the United States?

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Women continued to pursue employment opportunities.

Question 7

In the early 1800s, society considered temperance to be an acceptable cause for female reformers because this issue related to

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community welfare and family.

Question 8

In 1833, Oberlin College became the first US college to

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admit women on equal terms with men.

Question 9

Which of the following shows the correct order of events?

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suffrage in some Western states, Catt’s “Winning Plan,” the Nineteenth Amendment

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