PROGRESSIVE REFORM ERA

How did the reform movement help the rights of women?

• Reform efforts did not gain the right to vote, but shortened the workday

• They were unsuccessful

• Allowed women to go to college

• By the end of the 19th century women had the right to vote. 

The movement to grant woman the legal right vote was called--

• Prohibition 

• Woman Sufferage

• The Temperance Movement

• Jim Crow Law 

Why were reforms necessary during the 19th century?

• Industrial Revolution brought progress but deepened poorer living

• they were not necessary and wasted valuable resources

• Necessary because the Industrial Revolution destroyed America

• Not necessary caused more harm than good.

What could women not do in the 19th century?

• Hold any job

• Vote in national elections

• Get married

• Learn to read

__________________ is a term used to describe the struggle to earn the right to vote.

• Supper

• Suffrage

• Electoral College

• Abolitionist Movement

The Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls - 1848, was modeled after which of the following?

• the Constitution

• the Bill of Rights

• the Articles of Confederation

• the Declaration of Independence

Define Reform

• to make change to something in order to improve it 

• first co-ed college

• the time period directly after a major war

• the right to vote

Name of the women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848.

• The Seneca Falls Convention

• The Women's Rights Convention

• The Rights of Women Convention

• The League of Women's Rights Convention

In what way did Hull House help solve poverty in poor neighborhoods in Chicago?

• Served as an information center for new immigrants.

• It helped the unemployed to find jobs.

• provided services for people living in the slums.

• All of the above.

What did the National American Woman Suffrage Association focus on?

• To pass a federal law that allowed women to vote.

• They focused on trying to win suffrage for women at the state level.

• They focused on getting alcohol banned.

• They worked on getting women equal pay for equal work.