Female activists used which of the following expectations of gender to justify social activism?
a. Women were expected to produce wages for the purpose of family stability, and slavery drove wages down
b. Women were some of the most vocal supporters of manifest destiny and many feared that slave holders were consuming too much land in the West
c. Women were expected to be the moral caretakers of the home and therefore it was their duty to speak out on moral issues
d. Most teachers were women; therefore women were understood to be more educated than men. Because of this education, women spoke with authority on social issues
c. Women were expected to be the moral caretakers of the home and therefore it was their duty to speak out on moral issues
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A) to protest U.S. military involvement in Vietnam B) to protest the communism of Ho Chi Minh C) to protest the regime of Ngo Dinh Diem D) to protest the division of Vietnam E) to protest the exclusion of Vietnam from SEATO
The influence of the women's network in the New Deal is exemplified by FDR's appointment of Frances Perkins as:
A) Secretary of Labor. B) the first woman on the Supreme Court. C) Attorney General. D) the first female Army general.
Which of the following principles was established by the Dred Scott decision?
a. Congress could abolish slavery at will. b. National legislation could not limit the spread of slavery in the territories. c. The rights of all people are protected by the Constitution. d. Slaves residing in a free state automatically became free. e. Through squatter sovereignty, a territory had the sole right to determine the status of slavery within its territorial limits.
What was the result of the 1895 Supreme Court case involving the E. C. Knight Company?
A) The regulatory powers of the federal government were strengthened. B) There was stronger regulation over manufacturing. C) The ruling had little effect on national policy. D) The Supreme Court strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act. E) Antitrust legislation was weakened.