24.2 Quiz The Emergence of Mass Society

City governments began to require clean water and housing in order to

• reduce disease.

• reduce rents.

• increase profits.

• improve satisfaction.

Which social class in Europe in the 1800s was the largest?

• upper-middle class

• aristocratic class

• middle classs

• lower or working clas

In the 1840s and 1850s, the movement for women's rights demanded

• universal male suffrage.

• equal political rights.

• better working conditions.

• religious freedom.

Why did employers first hire women?

• There were not enough men to fill all the low-paying white-collar jobs.

• Women were better at white-collar jobs than men were.

• The government had laws that forced everyone to hire women.

• Women had always been hired equally with men to work outside the home.

How did more education change women's job opportunities?

• Women became too educated to work in factories.

• Women chose to stay home and not work outside the home.

• Jobs such as teaching and nursing became open to women.

• The birthrate declined, and women lost job opportunities.

Women demonstrating for the right to vote were often treated

• with dignity and respect.

• like criminals.

• like children.

• as objects of pity.

Women's struggle for equality began

• in the Enlightenment in the late 1700s.

• in the 1830s when feminists in the United States and Europe wanted the right to own property.

• in the late 1800s when Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton elevated the field of nursing.

• after World War I when women achieved the right to vote.

Why did Western nations commit to public education?

• Education gave children something to do.

• Western nations wanted to make it easier for everyone to get a job.

• Socialism and universal equality was very important during this time.

• Workers needed training to work in factories during the Second Industrial Revolution.

How did leisure pursuits change after the world became industrialized?

• Husbands and wives worked together and played together.

• People pursued leisure activities separately from work.

• Families enjoyed themselves whenever they were home together.

• Work and leisure took place at the same time.

Why did many people migrate from rural areas to cities?

• to get away from agriculture

• to find jobs in factories

• to find better housing

• to escape epidemics