Question 1

Susan B.Anthony demonstrated the New Departure theory when she

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A)   petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to declare the Fourteenth Amendment unconstitutional.
B)   declared that women had the right to petition Congress for an equal rights amendment.
C)   enrolled in classes at Harvard University and earned her doctoral degree.
D)   convinced election officials in Rochester, New York, to allow her vote.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

What did the U.S.Supreme Court rule in Plessy v.Ferguson?

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A)   Jim Crow laws were unconstitutional.
B)   Segregation was legal and compatible with the Fourteenth Amendment.
C)   African American men could be denied the right to vote.
D)   Public transportation could not be segregated.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

The Knights of Labor was distinctive in that it

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A)   admitted only women.
B)   was the only union that admitted women.
C)   was the least radical of all unions.
D)   was brutally suppressed by the government.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 4

How did the Supreme Court's decision in Minor v.Happersett affect the women's rights movement?

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A)   It dealt a serious blow to the movement, causing it to collapse and disappear for the next fifty years.
B)   It led the NWSA to fight for a separate constitutional amendment to grant woman suffrage.
C)   It led to the creation of the New Departure theory by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
D)   It gave strength to the argument that women had the right to vote through the Fourteenth Amendment.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Women in the garment industry were viewed as

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A)   skilled labor because of the intricacy of the sewing they did.
B)   unskilled labor because they did not learn the work through an apprenticeship.
C)   professional labor because they were often their family's sole breadwinner.
D)   casual labor because they typically moved from factory to factory.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D) B

Question 6

The National Women Suffrage Society was formed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.Anthony in response to

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A)   the need to get more women enrolled in college after the Civil War.
B)   demands by African American women in the South to win the right to vote.
C)   Congress not including the word "gender" in the Fifteenth Amendment.
D)   lack of interest in woman suffrage after the Civil War.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Why did many poor white women who worked in southern textile mills in the 1880s consider this work a privilege?

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A)   The pay in southern factories was better than salaries paid in the North.
B)   Factories hired only white women, which made the work seem to be a racial privilege.
C)   It was the first opportunity that southern women had to work outside the home.
D)   They preferred factory work to working as domestics.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Which of the following describes the progress of Reconstruction in the South between 1865 and 1900?

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A)   After southern white resistance was broken down by military occupation, African Americans gradually won the right to vote in local elections.
B)   After the U.S. Army withdrew from the defeated southern states, white-dominated legislatures reestablished white supremacy and instituted segregation.
C)   The reign of the Ku Klux Klan was only temporary because its excesses were condemned by southern legislatures, most of which had accepted African American suffrage by 1900.
D)   After the defeat of the Democratic Party by mixed-race coalitions in the 1870s and 1880s, the Republican Party emerged as the dominant southern party by 1900.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

The modern woman of the late nineteenth century viewed the ideal of "true womanhood" as

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A)   a symbol of stability and economic security.
B)   a spur to join the club movement.
C)   an idle and purposeless condition.
D)   a cherished ideal that was increasingly harder to achieve.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

In 1871,how did Victoria Claflin Woodhull present the case for the New Departure?

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A)   She convinced polling officials in New York City to allow her to vote.
B)   She published her views in a series of articles in NWSA's journal Revolution.
C)   She testified before the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
D)   She took a lawsuit on woman suffrage to the Supreme Court.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Why did office work become the fastest-growing sector of the female labor force by 1900?

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A)   Women were thought to be especially suited to typing on typewriters.
B)   Office work offered women the only opportunity to earn wages equal to those of men.
C)   Office work required little education and offered better wages than factory work.
D)   Office work was the only industry that had a union that accepted women.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

What was Harriot Stanton Blatch encouraging women to do when she advocated "voluntary motherhood"?

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A)   Hire nurses to watch their children so they would have more free time
B)   Choose when and how often to become pregnant
C)   Adopt working-class children to give them a better life
D)   Use the new birth control devices developed in HollandE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

A common criticism of working women in the late nineteenth century was that they

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A)   were not as committed to their work as men.
B)   took jobs away from male breadwinners..
C)   joined unions in greater numbers than men.
D)   were overpaid for the meager work they performed.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

Within the growing number of wealthy American families after the Civil War,the expected role for women was to

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A)   invest and safeguard the family's money.
B)   consume and display the family's wealth.
C)   use modern advances to do more of the housework.
D)   shape the family's moral life to guard against materialism.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Many freedwomen responded to the defeat of the Confederacy by

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A)   leading armed rebellions against their former masters.
B)   traveling in large numbers to the North to work in textile factories.
C)   taking to the road or advertising to find lost spouses and family members.
D)   demanding to be paid for past labor in hopes of educating their children.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above C

Question 16

How did the requirements for operating a typewriter differ from those for operating a sewing machine?

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A)   Sewing machine operators had to attend trade schools and were considered skilled labor, whereas typists learned their craft on the job.
B)   The work of typists was much easier, but sewing machine operators had better job security and wages.
C)   Most office managers preferred male typists, whereas sewing machine operators were mostly women.
D)   Typists were required to have an education and a command of the English language, whereas operating sewing machines required little formal training.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

The Supreme Court's decision in Minor v.Happersett

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A)   threw the question of woman suffrage back to the states.
B)   established that voting was a privilege, not a right of citizenship.
C)   held that women should not have voting rights because most were not educated.
D)   ruled that the Fifteenth Amendment did not apply to women.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 18

What was the relationship of black women to the new all-black universities established after the Civil War?

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A)   They were barred from attending because their labor was needed at home.
B)   They were welcomed in white women's colleges, so few wanted to attend black schools.
C)   They had to attend remedial classes to be able to take classes at these colleges.
D)   They were as welcome as black men in these all-black institutions.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

By the late nineteenth century,what gains in women's rights had been realized?

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A)   The New York legislature had given women the right to vote.
B)   Women had the right to vote in territorial and local elections in Wyoming and Utah.
C)   The Supreme Court had ruled that women had the right to vote in all elections.
D)   African American women had the right to vote.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B) B

Question 20

How did the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor (AFL) treat working women in the late 1800s?

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A)   The Knights welcomed women workers, whereas AFL leaders believed that women should stay at home.
B)   Both unions organized skilled laborers and therefore allowed garment workers and other women in skilled trades to join.
C)   The Knights of Labor were more successful and longer-lasting than the AFL but did not allow women to join.
D)   The Knights of Labor would not support strikes by women, but the AFL would.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Exam 6: Reconstructing women's lives North and South

Susan B.Anthony demonstrated the New Departure theory when she

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What did the U.S.Supreme Court rule in Plessy v.Ferguson?

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The Knights of Labor was distinctive in that it

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How did the Supreme Court's decision in Minor v.Happersett affect the women's rights movement?

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Women in the garment industry were viewed as

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The National Women Suffrage Society was formed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.Anthony in response to

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Why did many poor white women who worked in southern textile mills in the 1880s consider this work a privilege?

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Which of the following describes the progress of Reconstruction in the South between 1865 and 1900?

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The modern woman of the late nineteenth century viewed the ideal of "true womanhood" as

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In 1871,how did Victoria Claflin Woodhull present the case for the New Departure?

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Why did office work become the fastest-growing sector of the female labor force by 1900?

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What was Harriot Stanton Blatch encouraging women to do when she advocated "voluntary motherhood"?

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A common criticism of working women in the late nineteenth century was that they

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Within the growing number of wealthy American families after the Civil War,the expected role for women was to

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Many freedwomen responded to the defeat of the Confederacy by

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How did the requirements for operating a typewriter differ from those for operating a sewing machine?

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The Supreme Court's decision in Minor v.Happersett

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What was the relationship of black women to the new all-black universities established after the Civil War?

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By the late nineteenth century,what gains in women's rights had been realized?

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How did the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor (AFL) treat working women in the late 1800s?

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