Women
What was most women’s main role in colonial times?
Working at home
What were Native American groups called?
Tribes
Reason settlers and Native Americans began fighting more in the West?
Americans kept moving west and taking Native land
1920
One peaceful way women fought for rights?
Petitions, speeches, and marches
She was the main leader who wrote the "Declaration of Sentiments."
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
What law forced Native Americans to move west in the 1800s?
What is the Indian Removal Act?
What happened to buffalo and why did it hurt Native Americans?
Buffalo were killed off removing their main food source
What year did Native Americans gain U.S citizenship
1924
One way Native Americans protested unfair treatment?
Organized protests and movements
What amendment gave women the right to vote in the United States?
The 19th Amendment
What the Dawes act do?
Broke up tribal land
Why women created organized meetings in the 1800s?
To demand equal rights and discuss unfair treatment
What stayed the same for both groups after progress
Treatment / Inequality
How did protest styles affect the public's opinion?
Peaceful Protest Gained support and Aggressive protest caused backlash
What meeting in 1848 started the women’s rights movement?
Seneca Falls Convention
What 1924 law gave Native Americans U.S. citizenship?
What is the Indian Citizenship Act?
What caused Native Americans to lose land in the 1800s?
Government policies forced them off their land
Who were Native Americans pressured to be and act like?
To be like Americans and to fit into American culture
How did activism lead to actual government change for both groups?
Pressured the government to pass laws and recognize rights
What does NAWSA stand for?
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Lost millions of acres of land
Destroyed tribal communities
Forced children into boarding schools to erase culture
Why were both groups were treated unfairly by the government?
The government favored white men
This 1963 book told women it was okay to want more than just a home.
The Feminine Mystique
Why was using both legal action and protest more effective than just one method?
Raised awareness and urgency and laws made permanent changes