Period 2: Democracy and Women's Rights in America: The Fight Over the ERA by Amy Palo

What did the concept of "coverture" mean for women's property?

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anything the woman possessed before marrying her husband is passed to her husband.

What did Abigail Adams ask of her husband, future President John Adams? Did he respond?

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Diego Sheqrties her husband and ask him to remember women when we become united states

She asked him to take some power away from the husbands she says ¨remember all men are tyrants¨

He dismissed his wife concerns. He cannot but laugh.

Describe how New Jersey differed from other new states.

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New Jersey gave women the right to vote at the time of the Constitution.

What role did women have in civic life during this time period?

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The have schools, make sure everyone has civic virtue, open charities, etc.

Where/how is our right to petition protected in this country?

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The first amendment ratified in 1791.

Wyatt-Logan

What did women advocate for regarding Temperance and the Cherokee Indians (what were they trying to accomplish)?

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They use petitions to fight thee unjust of the world.

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Describe Lucretia Mott's role as an ABOLITIONIST.

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She fought against slavery and advocated for women's rights. She was a powerful speaker and organizer, and her efforts helped pave the way for social change

How did women advocate for Abolition? Give 3 specifics from the text.

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They spoke out to the public, started petitions, and had strong movements to fight for their rights.

What language did Seneca Falls model its declaration on? Record the first line of the declaration.

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they modeled it on the declaration of independence

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal

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Explain "School Suffrage." Explain what the New York Earnings Act allowed.

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it allowed women to vote for the local school board

it made it so women owned all the money they made during the marriage

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What did women hope for with the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments? What were women's rights activists upset about?

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they hoped to be able to get the same rights as the others get

they did not get the same rights

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What language did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and others want added as a Constitutional Amendment?

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the rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states' or by any other state on account of sex

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What did states do between the 1880s and 1910s to keep immigrants and formerly enslaved African Americans from voting?

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How did Alice Paul approach fighting for women's suffrage?

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Which President was pressured into suggesting a women's suffrage amendment? Which Congressperson introduced the amendment?

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What did the Expatriation Act do? What did the partial repeal allow?

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What were two things that John F. Kennedy did that angered the Feminist movement, and 2 things he did that they approved?

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He lacked enthusiasm for the ERA and he was making fewer appointments with female supporters. His administration backed the first federal Equal Pay law, which banned gender based pay discrimination, he also appointed a Commissionon the Status of Women, which issued a lengthy report. It brought together smart achieving women--Kylie Michlovic

What part of the Constitution did Civil Rights lawyer and activist Pauli Murray suggest using? What did she call the conditions that discriminated against both women and African Americans (hint: it's a play on words on a term you already know)?

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She noted that civil rights litigators were having great success in federal courts using the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment against Jim Crow. She called it "Jane Crow"--Kylie Michlovic

What was The Feminine Mystique, and what was its impact?

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The Feminine Mystique was a book written by Betty Friedan. It was based off of a detailed survey she conducted at Smith College to gauge her past classmates satisfaction with their lives. The book became a national bestseller and countless American women said they became feminists after reading it.--Kylie Michlovic

How did the Feminism movement change in the late 1960s and 1970s?

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A "women's liberation" movement that considered NOW too moderate. They popularized the word "sexism" to describe a sexual "caste system" as well as prejudice against women, and they engaged in an ever-widening critique of gender norms. --Kylie Michlovic

Give two examples of ways in which women were discriminated against in the early 20th century.

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as of 1923 only eight states allowed women to sit on juries but those states usually made service optional.

What language did Congress propose for an Equal Rights Amendment in 1923?

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An ERA

What are two criticisms from opponents of the ERA?

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They said the language was too vague and not understandable.Opponents also argued that an ERA would give Congress to much authority on equal rights and would produce a dangerous expansion of federal power.

What did the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) establish? This made many people think the language of the ERA might not be necessary.

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It established a federal minimal wage of .25 cents an hour and a 40 hour worksheet for most workers.

When the Senate approved the ERA in 1950 and 53, what language was added?

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They added "The provisions of this article shall not be con trued to impair right, benefits, or exemptions now or hereafter conferred by law upon persons of the female sex."

What was the progress of the ERA by December of 1972? What was the number 1 Billboard song?

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22 of necessary 38 states ratified ERA.

I'm a woman hear me roar "Helen Reddy's"

What did Ruth Bader Ginsburg argue in Reed vs. Reed. How did it challenge gender discrimination?

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He argued about sex based classifications should be regarded by the courts in the same way that courts by this point regarded race-based classifications.

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What was Title IX? What is its impact?

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Bceame famous for its effect on collegieta sports, producing a large expansion of woman's programs.

What did Congress do in October, 1978? What did South Dakota do in December of 1979? Why?

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1978- PRA- Presidential records act

1979-Voted to rescind its ratification on the grounds that the extension violated states right, Nor had new ratification occurred by Dec 1981.

Who was Phyllis Schlafly, and what was her position on the ERA?

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What were two specific criticisms Schlafly had about the ERA?

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What was the feminist position on Roe v. Wade? What was Schlafly's position?

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What did Reagan promise women in 1980? Did he deliver? Explain.

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What happened to the ERA in 1972 in Florida?

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What did Florida propose to do instead of ratify the ERA (in 1978)?

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How did the National Organization of Women (NOW) pressure Florida to ratify the ERA?

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