What impact did World War I have on the lives of American women?
What will be an ideal response?
Students' answers should begin with discussion on how World War I facilitated the entrance of a million women into the workforce for the first time. Better students will highlight their answer with a statement about how many working-class women were able to move from low-paying jobs to jobs in industry that paid better wages. Of course, the war's greatest effect on women was that it provided the opportunity to make a final push for women's suffrage. Since many women mobilized themselves and supported the war, the franchise could be seen by more insightful students as a reward for women's patriotism.
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In the 1920s, American women were primarily employed as
A) teachers and nurses. B) secretaries and telephone operators. C) maids and cooks. D) farm laborers. E) retail sales clerks.
The Constitution:
A) explicitly legalizes slavery. B) refers to slavery in three places, but only indirectly. C) ignores the issue of slavery altogether. D) gives Congress the power to regulate slavery in the states.
The "cash-and-carry" arrangement allowed
A. private companies to sell goods to warring countries for cash, but not the federal government. B. the sale of non-military goods to any country involved in the war, as long as they paid cash. C. European democracies to buy arms from the United States as long as they came to get them and paid in cash. D. any country involved in the war to buy arms from the United States, as long as they came to get them and paid cash.
The League of Nations' response to the Italian annexation of Ethiopia in 1936 was to
A) impose economic sanctions, which were rendered ineffective by Germany's economic and material support for Italy. B) form an international strike force of military units from the various contributing nations, which were dispatched to deal with the Italian military in Ethiopia. C) denounce Ethiopia for not seeing the error of their ways and welcoming the Italians with open arms. D) denounce Italy for the invasion but to undertake no other actions to punish the Italians. E) send ships to Ethiopia with supplies and offering to take refugees to safe areas.