What legal change helped women gain more control over their lives during the "Women's Era"?

• The right to own property

• The right to serve in the military

• The right to become president

• The right to establish their own currency

What was the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) known for by 1890?

• Being the first all-female political party

• Having 150,000 members, making it the largest female organization in the U.S.

• Successfully electing a female president

• Establishing the first women's university

How did new labor-saving devices like washing machines impact women's roles in the early 20th century?

• They made women solely responsible for all household chores.

• They allowed women to spend more time on leisure activities.

• They gave women more time to pursue education and reform movements.

• They led to a decrease in women's economic power.

What did working outside the home provide for many immigrant women during the Progressive Era?

• Higher wages than men.

• A sense of personal independence and personality.

• Exemption from traditional family structures.

• Opportunities to become factory owners.

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

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

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

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