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Gilded Age Quiz 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who was susan b anthony? (4) | a women's suffrage abolitionist/activist; founder of many suffrage associations; arrested for trying to vote under the argument that the 14th amendment meant women could vote; founder of NY state women's temperance association; favored principle of party |
| what was the NY state women's temperance association? (1) what were two goals? (2) | an anti-alcohol association founded by susan b anthony; protect families from domestic abuse from drunkness and advocate for the woman's right to divorce their "drunkard" husband |
| what came out of grant's administration? (1) what is it known as? (1) examples? (2, but more) | lots of scandals resulted under grant's administration; an incredibly corrupt era that stained grant's reputation; credit mobilier, whiskey ring |
| who was boss tweed? (2) what is tammany hall? (1) what did the organization behind it do? (2) what happened? (1) | a NY demo, political boss who ran tammany hall scandal; money scandal involving construction of NY county court house; secured votes by providing social services/jobs to immigrants/poor; construction companies were inflating costs and stealing tax payment |
| causes of the women's suffrage movement (5) | ideas of american revolution; women exclusion from political power; laws restricting women's rights; second great awakening (many abolitionists also favored women's rights); changes in society and industrialization |
| seneca falls convention, NY, 1848 | first women's rights convention; where the declaration of sentiments was written |
| where was declaration of sentiments written? (1) what does it declare most? (3) vs. declaration of the rights of women--what happened? (1) what did it declare most? (2) | written at seneca falls convention; equal human rights, happiness, and freedom; protest using the centenntial celebration in philly led by SBA and matilda joslyn gage; prioritizes equal rights to men and declares women as free/independent citizens |
| how was the women's suffrage amendment, 1878 proposed? (2) what is it known as? (1) what was it used for? (1) | proposed by senator AA Sargaent of CA, proposed yearly for the next 41 years; susan b anthony amendment; foundation of the 19th amendment |
| what kind of amendment was proposed by senator SC pomeroy in 1867? (1) | an amendment to give women the right to vote based on citizenship |
| what happened to the suffrage movement in 1868? (1) what did it result in? (2) | split into two levels: national and state; national women's suffrage association led by anthony and stanton; american woman suffrage association led by stone and blackwell |
| what did the anti-suffrage party feel was threatened by the women's suffrage movement? (4) | women's role as a wife, mother, educator, and philanthropist |
| what happened to anthony in 1872? (1) what did she argue? (1) | anthony was arrested for trying to vote for grant in a presidential election; she argued that the 14th amendment's equal protection clause gives women the right to vote |
| what was minor v. happersett? (1) | supreme court ruling that the 14th amendment didn't give women the right to vote |
| what did the Comstock Act of 1873 do? (2) | prohibited the mailing of lewd, obscene, or lascivious material; limited access to birth control |
| what was the knights of labor? (1) who could join? (1) what was its reputation? (1) | an american labor union fighting for worker's rights to safety, higher pay, less hours, and safe working conditions; anyone can join regardless of gender/race; demonized for its inclusivity and radical strikes |
| what was the american federation of labor? (1) who could join? (1) what was its reputation? (1) | an american labor union fighting for worker's rights to safetry, higher pay, less hours, and safe working conditions; selective--only white, qualified, male workers could join; small strikes but not popular |
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