Women in Public Life

Before the Civil War, American middle class women were expected to:

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83%

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1. Get a job

2. Work on a farm

3. Protest for the right to vote.

4. Take care of families.

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Compared to men, how much money did women make?

0%

21%

0%

54%

25% 1. ½

2. 1/3

3. The same

4. Women did not earn income

5. Niner

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70% of women employed in the 1870s were:

0%

0%

38%

50%

13%

1. Industrial Workers

2. Servants

3. Farmers

4. Artists

5. Construction workers

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What event in 1911 brought work reform center stage?

13%

13%

8%63%

4%

Marriage act of 1... Teapot Dome Scandal

Women’s voter act Triangle Shirtwai...

The Angry St. Joh...

1. Marriage act of 1911

2. Teapot Dome Scandal

3. Women’s voter act

4. Triangle Shirtwaist fire.

5. The Angry St. John Incident

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Which group often excluded women members at the turn of the century?

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ns

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torie

s

NACW

0%4%

21%21%

54%1. Farmer

Collectives

2. Servant groups

3. Labor Unions

4. Factories

5. NACW

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Women’s roles on farms in the Midwest and South changed substantially in the 18th

century.

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Fal

se

17%

83%1. True

2. False

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By the late 19th Century, _______ was no longer a woman’s only alternative.

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riage

Colle

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Mili

tary

Tex

as

83%

4%0%

13%

1. Marriage

2. College

3. Military

4. Texas

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Suffrage is….

13%

13%

67%

8% 1. Pain

2. The Right to Vote.

3. The 19th Century Labor movement

4. Poor Working Conditions

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Which of the following was NOT one of the three part strategy for woman’s sufferage.

8%

13%

13%

67% 1. Active violence in the streets.

2. Convince State legislatures.

3. Court cases testing the 14th amendment.

4. Push for a Constitutional Amendment.

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Participant Scores

800 Alex Clifton

800 Danielle Wilson

700 Amber Amato

700 Ashleigh Herron

600 Jami Cudnik