Chapter 21 Section 3: The Rights of Women and Minorities

The task of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was to

• organize barmaids to fight for equal pay with bartenders.

• pass local and state laws restricting the sale of alcohol.

• found 10,000 branch offices of an alcoholic treatment program.

• storm into saloons and smash bottles with axes.

In 1890, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony founded the

• National Woman's Party (NWP)

• National Organization for Women (NOW)

• National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

• Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

Passed in 1919, the Nineteenth Amendment

• instituted a federal income tax.

• prohibited the sale and use of alcoholic beverages.

• granted women the right to vote.

• allowed voters to elect senators.

The Eighteenth Amendment

• instituted a federal income tax.

• prohibited the sale and use of alcoholic beverages.

• granted women the right to vote.

• allowed voters to elect senators.

Which reformer encouraged African Americans to improve their economic and educational opportunities as the best means of fighting racial discrimination?

• Ida B. Wells

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Booker T Washington

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

In its first decade, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) brought attention to racial inequality by

• honoring journalist Ida B. Wells.

• using the courts to fight grandfather clauses.

• publishing a journal called The Struggle.

• getting support from the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).

Why did many Native Americans feel torn about accepting aid from the Progressive movement?

• They did not want to adopt white culture.

• They wanted to stay on their reservations.

• They prided themselves on self-reliance.

• They did not trust the federal court system.

The main reason for the rise of Mexican immigration between 1901 and 1930 was that Mexicans

• could cross the U.S. border with relative ease.

• became a key part of the Southwest's economy.

• could occupy areas that once belonged to Mexico.

• immigrated with their children and extended families.

Chinese immigrants found support during the Progressive era by

• appealing to white reformers for economic and legal aid.

• forming alliances with other minority groups.

• creating community associations that provided services.

• writing to relatives abroad who often sent money.