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Which statement best describes society's view on women and education in the early 1800s?

A
Society believed that women should be allowed to attend school through high school.
B
Society believed that women should attend college and earn degrees.
C
Society believed that women needed only the ability to read, write, and do simple math.
D
Society believed that women needed to learn a foreign language and have an understanding of world affairs.
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Read the following excerpt from a statement made by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. In every time of crisis, women have served our country in difficult and hazardous ways. They will do so now, in the home and at work. We naturally deplore those economic conditions which require women to work unless they desire to do so, and the programs of our administration are designed to improve family incomes so that women can make their own decisions in this area. Women should not be considered a marginal group to be employed periodically only to be denied opportunity to satisfy their needs and aspirations when unemployment rises or a war ends.According to the passage, which best describes a long-term impact of woman suffrage in the United States?

A
Women continued to pursue employment opportunities.
B
Women were elected to government positions in equal numbers to men.
C
Women did not consistently exercise voting rights in large numbers.
D
Women were quickly granted full equality in pay and employment.
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Which of the following is considered to be the first major event of the women's movement?

A
the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention
B
the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
C
the Second Continental Congress
D
the Married Women’s Property Act
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Which of the following did the five reformers who organized the Seneca Falls Convention have in common?

A
They came from states where women had gained suffrage.
B
They had gained political support by being jurors on important cases.
C
They were experienced at effectively organizing women’s rights conventions.
D
They were active in the abolition movement.
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In the early 1800s, society considered temperance to be an acceptable cause for female reformers because this issue related to

A
equality between men and women.
B
community welfare and family.
C
a woman's ability to provide for her family.
D
access to education.
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What government action prompted the organization of two women’s suffrage groups in 1869?

A
the arrest of Margaret Sanger
B
the announcement of Catt’s “Winning Plan”
C
the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
D
the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
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Starting in the1800s, members of the suffragist movement in the United States focused on women's right to

A
own property.
B
vote.
C
serve on a jury.
D
teach school.
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Margaret Sanger’s appeal of her 1916 arrest resulted in the

A
legalization of doctors prescribing contraceptives and discussing family planning with patients.
B
creation of “Comstock Laws” on a state and federal level.
C
opening of her first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, New York.
D
publication of The Woman Rebel, a women’s health newsletter.
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Which of the following did Ukrainian immigrant Clara Lemlich accomplish in 1909?

A
suffrage for women in the state of New York
B
the founding of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
C
the publication of the magazine The Woman Rebel
D
better working conditions for female garment workers in New York City
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Which of the following best describes the causes women reformers and activists focused on before the suffragist movement?

A
the temperance movement only
B
temperance, abolition of slavery, and education for women and girls
C
women's right to vote
D
women's right to vote and abolition of slavery

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