Prohibition & the Women's Suffrage Movement

Exactly what was being prohibited (banned) during prohibition?

• automobiles

• gambling

• alcohol

• tobacco

What was alcohol being blamed for during the Progressive Era?

• a positive recreational activity

• a destructive force in families and marriages

• a gateway drug for addictive illegal drugs

• a cause of gambling

What were "temperance societies"?

• groups which started a social movement against alcohol consumption

• groups which started a social movement for anger management

• groups which started a social movement for women to vote

• groups which started a social movement for looser moral restrictions

How did the Anti-Saloon League portray the saloon culture?

• similar to church

• as pure and godly

• as a place for relaxation

• as corrupt and ungodly

What were the "separate spheres" for men and women in the Progressive Era?

• public and athletic

• public and private

• political and public

• athletic and private

How were women identified who were visible in public?

• as unnatural

• a challenge to the cultural norm

• both as unnatural and as a challenge to the cultural norm

• as bold and enviable

What is a stereotype?

• The policy of protecting the interests of native- born inhabitants over those of immigrants.

• prejudice, discrimination, or hostility directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior

• preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

• an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people

What is the root of the Women's Suffrage movement?

• the Civil War

• the Abolitionist Movement

• Vogue magazine

• separate spheres

Why were Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton barred from attending the World Anti-Slavery Convention?

• because they were women

• because they were inappropriately dressed

• because there was not a man with them

• because they had an argument with the organizer

What inspired the "Declaration of Sentiments"?

• the 13th Amendment

• the 19th Amendment

• the Constitution

• the Declaration of Independence