Were the 1920s a time of political, economic, and social liberation for women? What traditional concerns or ideas remained intact?
What will be an ideal response?
The Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed women the right to vote, yet the Equal Rights Amendment failed to pass. While women's education and employment increased, women remained socially bound by a feminine ideal focused on appearance and on subservience to husband and family. Changing attitudes about birth control were liberating, although there were few clinics, and women in poverty had less information and fewer choices.
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Why is Reconstruction often called the “unfinished revolution”?
a. The amendments passed were not ratified by the states. b. The legislation passed was mostly used to protect the rights of business corporations rather than freed slaves. c. It ended with the assassination of President Lincoln. d. Southerners accepted newly freed slaves as social but not political equals.
Which of these common patterns of the late 1800s and early 1900s was seen in Russia following the Crimean War?
A) military defeat leading to popular uprisings B) defeat leading to military modernization C) victory leading to a period of expansion D) economic collapse resulting from a military defeat
McHale and colleagues (2005) study of Mexican American families found what regarding parental double standards in affording freedoms to sons and daughters?
A. Parents gave sons more privileges and freedoms but also more chores. B. Parents afforded sons more freedom regardless of their views on gender roles. C. Traditional parents allowed adolescent daughters fewer privileges. D. The double standard disappeared after researchers controlled for socioeconomic status.
A genuinely American literature received a strong boost from the
a. wave of nationalism that followed the War of 1812. b. ideology of the American Revolution. c. religious spirit of the Second Great Awakening. d. federal support for the arts. e. literary theories of Edgar Allan Poe.