LEI Unit II History of Law(E-Dynamic)

What statement best describes women’s suffrage in the United States?

• It was largely uncontroversial by the time it was granted.

• It was driven by the actions of one US president.

• It was granted soon after the end of the American Revolution.

• It took decades and many setbacks before it was granted.

What is the best summary of the status of paid maternity leave policy in the United States?

• Women are granted federally paid maternity leave across the United States, but men are not.

• The United States is a world leader in pushing for paid maternity leave for female workers.

• While some state laws grant it, generally the United States lags far behind the rest of the world.

• Federal law grants paid “family” leave for both men and women in the United States.

What is the best description of historical research?

• how the people who lived in a certain era understood major events

• understanding the past to know more about the present

• an unbiased recounting of the famous events that happened long ago

• the process by which we understand how the human mind works

Black American men were granted suffrage before American women.

• True

• False

In the unit, Abby ended up writing her essay about Benjamin Franklin by relying on his autobiography. If Abby does her research correctly, when future historians uncover her essay, what sort of source will it be?

• tertiary

• secondary

• primary

• It can’t be a historical research source.

Which historical research source is most similar to conducting an interview with someone?

• book review

• magazine article

• newspaper article

• autobiography

Which Constitutional amendment’s passing can be directly attributed to the rise of feminism in America?

• 30th amendment

• 19th amendment

• 13th amendment

• 10th amendment

What is an example of a secondary source?

• a diary entry from the 1950s

• a government record

• an article in the New York Review of Books

• a contemporary newspaper article

Black American men were granted suffrage before American women.

• True

• False

Which Constitutional amendment’s passing can be directly attributed to the rise of feminism in America?

• 19th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

• 15th Amendment