Lesson 1
Why were the doors locked in the Triangle Shirtwaist company on the day of the fire?
to keep employees from stealing
The rights that all people should have under the United States Constitution are called _____ rights
What is women's suffrage?
Women having the right to vote
Look at the image on page 573. What is the significance of this image?
Why did unions sometimes break a strike on a company?
They wanted improved working conditions
Who was a researcher at the Tuskegee Institute?
George Washington Carver
What was the 19th ammendment?
Gave women the right to vote
Look at the image on page 572. How did the role of women change during World War 1? What are the women in the picture doing
The image shows how the role of women changed during World War 1. Many of them enlisted in the armed forces
When workers wanted working conditions to improve, they would _______
strike
Who was Mary McLeod Bethune?
She founded a school for African American girls in Florida
Who were the leaders of the suffrage movement? (2 women)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Look at the picture on page 568. Where are the women working and why are they working there?
Women began working in department stores. Many of them were former maids. New inventions made household work easier and fewer maids were needed.
What organization did Samuel Gompers found?
American Federation of Labor
Who was Booker T. Washington?
He had been enslaved as a child and grew up in poverty during Reconstruction. He was professor at the Tuskegee institute
About how many years after the Seneca Falls Convention were women given the right to vote?
75 years
Look at the map on page 562. What does the map show? Explain
What was a negative affect of so many people moving into the cities and working in factories
Urbanization and housing shortages
Why did the government start to tax people's incomes?
To raise money for programs
telephone operator, nurse, professor, librarian, social worker, social worker, department store worker
Based off the info on page 571 and the timeline, which area of the United States was more progressive as far as women's rights?
West