Period 4: 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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Ownership of anything she has or owned goes to the husband.

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

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She asked her husband to remember the ladies and he responded by laughing at her.

Describe how New Jersey differed from other new states.

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In New Jersey women were allowed to vote.

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

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Women claimed a large non political role in an American civic life.

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

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misha - the First Amendment protects our right to protest

alivia - independence and American were justified breaking with England

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

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misha - women were protesting politically but claimed to be doing it non-politically. Temperance protesting was for prohibiting alcohol. They were also protesting to not expel Cherokee Indians from their land

Describe Lucretia Mott's role as an ABOLITIONIST.

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alivia - she put together an anti slavery society

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

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misha - signing petitions, writing letters, and writing articles

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

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Zahaira, They modeled it on the original Declaration of Independence. The first line stated, ¨That all men and women are created equal...

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

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zahaira, The school suffrage was a movement allowing women to vote for local school boards. The ny earning act allowed married women to own any money made during marriage.

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

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

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

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

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

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What are two criticisms from opponents of the ERA?

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

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

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Alex-twenty two of the necessary thirty-eight states had ratified.

I am 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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Alex- He argued that sex based classifications should be regarded by the courts.

race had concentrated on access to voting.

What was Title IX? What is its impact?

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Alex-protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities

became famous for its effects on collegiate sports, producing a large expansion of women's programs.

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

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Alex- congress took the unprecedented step of extending the deadline set by the original joint resolution.

voted to rescind its ratification on the grounds that the extensions violated states rights.

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

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Schlafly se convirtió en un abierto opositor de la Enmienda de Igualdad de Derechos (ERA) durante la década de 1970 como organizador de la campaña "STOP ERA". STOP era un acrónimo de "Dejar de tomar nuestros privilegios".

What were two specific criticisms Schlafly had about the ERA?

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dijo que la ERA no ampliaria los derechos de Las mujeres y acuso que la ERA lo privaria de su libertad de election para asistir a una escuela solo para niños o solo para niñas

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

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Phyllis Stewart Schlafly fue una abogada estadounidense, activista conservadora, autora y portavoz antifeminista del movimiento conservador nacional.

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

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prometio que nombraria a la primera mujer para la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos . Poco despues de que Reangan se hiciera presidente El cumplio su promesa de nombrar a una mujer para la corte y selecciono a Sandra

What happened to the ERA in 1972 in Florida?

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in 1972 she founded stop era which emerged as the learning national organizations opposing the Era

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

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The church excommunicated a supporter of the Sonia Johnson era because she had tried to get Mormons to repudiate their leaders and Normans to reject non-Normons.

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

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