Women's Rights and Social Movements

Women's Rights and Social Movements

Assessment

Interactive Video

Social Studies

8th Grade

Hard

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What period did some historians refer to as the "Women's Era" due to increased economic and political opportunities for women?

1850-1880

1890-1920

1930-1960

1970-2000

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which organization, founded in 1874, became the largest female organization in the United States by 1890 and advocated for broad reforms, including women's right to vote?

National Consumers League

National American Woman Suffrage Association

Women's Christian Temperance Union

League of Women Voters

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What new job opportunities became especially prevalent for native-born white women by 1920, largely due to technological advancements?

Agricultural labor

Domestic service

Factory work

Office work and telephone operators

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What idea did Charlotte Perkins Gilman promote regarding women's work and personal expression?

Women should focus solely on earning money to support their families.

Women should prioritize domestic responsibilities above all other forms of work.

Women should pursue work for personal expression and independence, beyond just financial gain.

Women's roles in society should remain traditional and unchanged.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Margaret Sanger's main goal that led to her imprisonment in 1916?

Advocating for women's right to vote

Opening a clinic to distribute contraceptive devices

Leading protests against child labor

Campaigning for women's equal pay

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which social movement did Jane Addams spearhead, providing services to the poor and immigrants?

The women's suffrage movement

The temperance movement

The Settlement House movement

The labor union movement

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What significant right did the 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, grant to women across the United States?

The right to equal pay

The right to vote

The right to own property

The right to serve in the military

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What aggressive tactic did Alice Paul and the National Women's Party use to advocate for women's suffrage?

Writing letters to newspaper editors

Organizing peaceful parades and rallies

Picketing the White House and going on hunger strikes in prison

Lobbying individual state legislatures