4.6 Organization and Historical Context in Wheels of Change, Part 6

Question 1

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

a cause-and-effect graphic that shows how one idea led to another

Question 2

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

to inform readers that increased freedom led people to imagine more independence for women

Question 3

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.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Selection 1: t-chart with categories; Selection 2: cause and effect; Selection 3: chronology

Question 4

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?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

by explaining that the bicycle let women experience freedom as individuals

Question 5

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Many believed that the bicycle made the new woman both feminine and more free.

4.6 Organization and Historical Context in Wheels of Change, Part 6 Answers

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