Women's Rights Movement

Which term means the right to vote?

• Disenfranchise

• Equality

• Suffrage

• Feminism

What was a suffragette?

• A woman who enforced voting laws

• A woman who opposed voting rights

• A woman who counted election ballots

• A woman who fought for voting rights

What does disenfranchise mean?

• To count votes during elections

• To expand voting to more groups

• To encourage voter registration

• To take away the right to vote

Which event laid out an agenda that included voting rights for women?

• Little Rock Nine

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Boston Tea Party

• Seneca Falls Convention

Which amendment gave women the right to vote nationwide in the United States?

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Nineteenth Amendment

• Twenty-Sixth Amendment

• Eighteenth Amendment

Which was a common 19th-century barrier for women?

• Women had mandatory military service

• Women paid higher voting taxes

• Women could not own any clothing

• Most professions were barred to women

Which post–World War II practice pushed women out of paid work?

• Guaranteed promotions for women

• Mandatory childcare for workers

• Pressure to quit when married

• Equal pay for equal work

Which policy limited women’s financial independence after World War II?

• Couldn’t get loans or credit cards alone

• Required women to file taxes early

• Set lower prices for women’s goods

• Forced women to use joint bank accounts

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made what illegal in hiring?

• Testing job skills before hiring

• Preference for college degrees

• Discrimination based on race and gender

• Recruiting through newspapers only

Which federal agency enforces Title VII protections?

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

• Food and Drug Administration

• Federal Reserve Board

• Department of the Treasury