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What was main goal of most women in the British colonies & early United States?

getting married

100

Which term describes a family composed of a mother, father & 1-2 children?

nuclear

100

Which roles did schools prepare wealthy white teenage girls for in the early 19th century?

wife & mother
100

What does reform mean?

to improve society for the better

100

Which state is Seneca Falls in?

New York

200
What was the name of the act of loved ones being forcibly sold off to another plantation?

disruption

200
What were Cavalier girls taught very early on because of their limited options in life?

restraint

200
Who did many factory owners in early United States refuse to employ?

children

200

Which political movement usually worked side-by-side with the women's rights movement?

abolitionism

200

What term means to want drastic political or social change now?

radical

300

What symbolic marital act was passed down from the Vikings to the English to African slaves?

jumping the broom

300
How did some women contribute to the boycott on British goods during the American Revolution?

sewing clothes from materials found in North America

300

What is the power of a union?

the large number of workers demanding better treatment or pay

300

What does temperance mean?

reducing the amount of alcohol consumed
300

Which was the most extreme right that was proposed at the convention?

women's right to vote

400

What was the name of the agreement between married Puritan couples & God?

a covenant

400

What was the name of the women's group that contributed to the boycotts during the American Revolution?

the Daughters of Liberty

400

What quality became more attractive in wives after the American Revolution?

literacy

400
Which religious group provided a large number of women to reform movements?

Quakers

400

What is the term for the right to vote?

suffrage

500

What were the 3 main responsibilities of married colonial women?

•Provide husband with children

•Maintain household

•Prepare food & clothing

500

Which 2 imports were the focus of the boycotts before & during the American Revolution?

cotton

tea

500

In which state were the first factories located?

Massachusetts

500

Which woman was the most famous person to champion the rights of the mentally disabled in the 1840s?

Dorothea Dix

500
Name one of the 2 women who led the convention.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Lucretia Mott