Study Guide for Exam #1 on November 7th

History 18.2                                                                                        Donegan/SRJC

Exam #1                                                                                              Fall 2017

 

In Class portion of the Exam on 11/7:

I.  Objective Questions:  (20 points)  You will answer 20 fill in the blank, true/false, and/or matching questions based on the following terms:

Jane Addams                          Susan B. Anthony                    Margaret Sanger

15^th Amendment                      14^th Amendment                   Godey's Lady's Book

Ida B. Wells Barnett                Queen Victoria                    19^th Amendment

Elizabeth Cady Stanton           corset                                      The Wobblies

Lucy Stone                              Hull House                         Coverture Laws

Women's Trade Union League   Middle Class                   Eleanor Rupert

Homestead Act                        Chinese Exclusion Act        Mother Jones

NAWSA                                 13^th Amendment               Reservation Schools

Declaration of Sentiments       Mary Wollestonecraft          Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Social Darwinism                    Sojourner Truth                    Lowell

Captains of Industry                Piece Work                         Frederick Douglass

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn           The Woman's Bible            Carrie Chapman Catt

Anzia Yezierska                         Oberlin College                 Lawrence Strike

 

II. Short Identifications (40 points):  You will answer 2 Short Identifications chosen from the following terms:

 

Grimke Sisters                         Social Darwinism              Declaration of Sentiments

Separate Spheres                    Women's Clubs                 Women Homesteaders

Alice Paul                                  Reconstruction                 Chinese Immigrant Women

 

Online Portion of the Exam: 

 

III.  Essay (65 points)  You will answer one of the following essay questions:

 

1.  Describe the effects that the Industrial Revolution had on women in the United States from Lowell through the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.  Be sure to address:  the effect industrialization had on working class and middle class women, each groups’ living and working conditions, and what attempts were made to improve the lives of the working class at the time.

 

2.  Describe how the idea of women voting progressed through the 19^th and 20^th centuries.   Be sure to discuss:  Seneca Falls, the debate over the 15^th Amendment, and the events connected to the suffrage movement. 

 

3.  Describe the lives of women in the West in the late 19^th century.  Be sure to describe the lives of women Homesteaders, Native American and Chinese women.  Was the West an egalitarian place for women at this time?

 

 

I will choose which essay you will write on, therefore you need to prepare for all of the questions.   You need to cite from at least 3 of the sources that have been assigned or presented during class.   These sources include any readings, images, and /or videos that we have seen/discussed in class.  This essay will be due on Canvas by  November 7th at midnight.  The link will be open from Sunday the 5th at noon until the 7th.  Once you open the link, you will have 90 minutes to answer the question.