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Women 1915-40

Question 1 of 26

1

What did the Fair Labour Standards Act 1938 entail?

Select one of the following:

  • New minimum wage, less working hours, ban on child labour and right of all workers to join a union

  • Gave equal rights as male and female wages were the same

  • Increasing rights for African-American and Mexican Amercian women

Explanation

Question 2 of 26

1

Which New Deal policy helped women with young families who couldn't work when there was no male head of the household, although it was mostly given to white women and forced the use of a humiliating process for this?Advanced rights for women to be recognised as provider in very limited sense.

Select one of the following:

  • Aid to Dependent Children 1935

  • Social Security Act 1935

Explanation

Question 3 of 26

1

Which act provided welfare benefits for poor families, which benefited married women but was not designed for them?

Select one of the following:

  • Social Security Act 1935

  • Fair Labour Standards Act 1938

  • Indian Reorganization Act 1934

Explanation

Question 4 of 26

1

African Amercian and Mexican American women still suffered prejudice and discrimination, especially in rural areas despite the New Deal.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 5 of 26

1

Which act gave political rights, training as domestic workers/seamstresses and promotion of native arts and crafts to Native women?

Select one of the following:

  • Indian Reorganization Act 1934

  • 18th Amendment 1917

Explanation

Question 6 of 26

1

How did the New Deal advance women's rights?

Select one of the following:

  • Tended to benefit from action to sort social and economic issues-no policy specifically aimed at them

  • Directly supported childcare for poorer families

Explanation

Question 7 of 26

1

When was the Women's Organisation for National Prohibition Reform created by Sabin?

Select one of the following:

  • 1929

  • 1928

  • 1927

Explanation

Question 8 of 26

1

Which Amendment was passed in 1917?

Select one of the following:

  • 18th

  • 19th

Explanation

Question 9 of 26

1

Which organisation had 150,000 members by 1890?

Select one of the following:

  • Women's Christian Temperance Union

  • Women's Organisation for National Prohibition Reform

Explanation

Question 10 of 26

1

Which President began to support the end of prohibiton in 1932?

Select one of the following:

  • Franklin

  • Roosevelt

Explanation

Question 11 of 26

1

How many women were in industry 1917-18?

Select one of the following:

  • 1 million

  • 1.5 million

  • 2 million

Explanation

Question 12 of 26

1

What percentage of Americans were opposed to women wrking in 1936, ignoring poor women who had to work to support their families during the Depression?

Select one of the following:

  • 82%

  • 87%

Explanation

Question 13 of 26

1

What do these figures (265,000-800,000) describe?

Select one of the following:

  • Female membership of unions trebeling during the Depression

  • Increase in female employment by the end of the 1930s

Explanation

Question 14 of 26

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Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

The Depression led to opportunities for women due to . Women lose jobs, but expected that those still in work would give up their jobs for men-harsh on families with sole breadwinner. By the end of the , women were drifting into employmet du to necessity rather than increased rights.

Explanation

Question 15 of 26

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What does this prove about the Prohibition campaign?
Moral arguments from WCTU outweighed those for personal freedom put forward by Molly Pitcher Club in 1922
Emotive image of WCTU
Wide appeal-classwide-WCTU mostly working-class
Act may have passed to attract female vote-19th Amendment about to be passed-had to pay attention to women's issues
Drunkeness linked to crime and ause-letting this continue will fail to protect the home-powerful argument
Removal-temperance would really protect the home as prohibition had failed-emotie in male-dominated politics

Select one of the following:

  • Impact of alliances with other groups for similar goals

  • Power of home protection as justfication for action

  • Significance of women's organisations and leadership

Explanation

Question 16 of 26

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What does this prove about the prohibition campaign?
Anti-Saloon League allied with Women's Christian Temperance Union in 1898-combined tactics and campaigns-9 states had prohibition laws by 1913 as a result
ASL and WCTU used propaganda and pressure (lobbying tactics-gaining attention of politicians or peopleof influence to persuade them to back a case) to get amendment ratified 1919
Success of WONPR didn't need much alliancee but still succeeded-argues against
Prohibition may have been caused by nativism, failure of wets and Germn ownership of breweries rather than actios of women's groups

Select one of the following:

  • Impact of alliances with other groups for similar goals

  • SIgnificance of women's organisations and leadership

  • Power of home protection as justification for action

Explanation

Question 17 of 26

1

What does this prove about the prohibition campaign?
WCTU led by Willard-wider appeal through emotion and uniting purpose
WCTU had 150,000 mmbers by1890-worked for ote so they couldvote for liqour ban
WONPR had 1.5 million members (formed 1929) by 1931
Prohibition would inspire support alone-contentious issue
WONPR-very successful leadership-highly organised
Achieved two amendments-major change to the constitution
Franklin supported end to prohibition 1932-own popularity may have undermined stand-alone success of women's movements
More drank in 1920s than pre-prohibition

Select one of the following:

  • Significance of women's organisations and leadership

  • Impact of alliances with other groups

  • Power of home protection as justification for action

Explanation

Question 18 of 26

1

When was the 19th Amendment passed?

Select one of the following:

  • 1920

  • 1919

Explanation

Question 19 of 26

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Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

Boom Years
Consumer goods seen as a luxury in Europe=readily available due to increased
for married women-car, fridge, iron, vacuum cleaner on -impact on home lives-liberated from chores-didn't necessarily mean they spent more time outside the home, could have just spent more time with children
Working class women in workforce went from 22.8% to
Increased demand for secretaries, typists and filing clerks
Opportunities in law and still limited
discrimination-male resentment of female workers-seen as threat to male jobs and wages kept low while women were paid less
had limited impact-North Carolina 1929-strike killed 6 women
1930s-femalemembers of unions-265,000 to 800,000
Women's unions=white-AA and MA=

Explanation

Question 20 of 26

1

What was established in 1921 by Sanger?

Select one of the following:

  • American Birth Control League

  • Women's Bureau

Explanation

Question 21 of 26

1

Who was Margaret Sanger?

Select one of the following:

  • Led a crusade based on her Catholic mother, who had had 18 pregnancies with 11 live births. Was opposed to abortion due to the risk to the mother's health-raised moneyto develop the Pill in the 1950s-published newspaper articles 1912 on contraceptive advice-birth control clinic (New York 1916) closed by police-30 day imprisonment-established ABCL and 1st legal birth control clinic with backing from John D. Rockefeller

  • Parents were slaves, became a teacher and started a school for African American girls, with 300 students by 1922-opposed Jim Crow laws and supported an end to lynching, voting despite threats from the KKK. Served in Roosevelt administration 1936 as Director of Nero Affairs and acted as vice-President of the NAACP in 1940

  • Was an American role model with 6 children, and actively supported women's/African American rights and political support for husband's New Deal policies-joined League of Women Voters and Women's Trade Union League (1924)-always stuck to principles ie anti-lynching when presidet didn't care

Explanation

Question 22 of 26

1

What was the Women's Bureau 1920?

Select one of the following:

  • Set up by the Department for Labour-wanted to improve working conditions and unfair treatment-resistance from employers and male labour unions

  • Helped to provide welfare benefits for poor families

Explanation

Question 23 of 26

1

When was the Shepherd-Towner Act passed?

Select one of the following:

  • 1921

  • 1935

Explanation

Question 24 of 26

1

When did the Comstock Laws end?

Select one of the following:

  • 1938

  • 1936

Explanation

Question 25 of 26

1

Two cultural reforms during this period were the Flappers and the Roaring Twenties.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 26 of 26

1

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

World War One
Married women able to legitimately enter workplace- production creating demand fo labour 1917-replacing men at war
New jobs for married women- industry, driving -usually done by men-not as restricted to allowable work ie offices or teaching
Didn't as much as men for same work
Job opportunities for women and AA workers-ammo productio, goods and supplies from 1914
Didn't change accepted role of married women-expected to return when men returned-expected and accepted by majority of women themelves

Explanation

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