Developing Central Ideas in Wheels of Change, Part 5 Answers

What type of graphic organizer would best represent the connection between these two ideas?

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For decades, women had been working to gain rights. Then, the bicycle gave them mobility and new clothing choices. This led to women gaining a bigger role in public life. Then, at the turn of the century, the automobile was introduced.

What is most likely Sue Macy’s purpose for using this cause-and-effect relationship?

Choose the best type of graphic organizer to show the relationship between ideas. Some believed that the new woman had taken flight toward new power, while others mocked her or did not understand her new ways of dress. The popularity of the bicycle led to magazines and newspapers publishing poetry and short stories about bicycling. For decades, women had been working to gain rights. Then, the bicycle gave them mobility and new clothing choices. This led to women gaining a bigger role in public life. Then, at the turn of the century, the automobile was introduced.

How does Sue Macy connect the idea that famous activists were fighting for women’s rights in the United States to the role of the bicycle?

What conclusion can be drawn about the way people viewed the “new woman,” based on the details about advertising?