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Chapter 21 Quiz
The Modern Woman 1860–1914
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The main factor that enabled the call for women's suffrage, and eventually the feminist movement, was _______.
Increased numbers of women working outside the home
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Increasing educational opportunities for women
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Increased political representation for the working class
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The reign of Queen Victoria
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A 19th century woman's place was considered to be in the _______.
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John Stuart Mill's utilitarian philosophy meant that he thought women should be given political rights and equality before the law because _______.
Their equality was God-given
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It would benefit society to have their participation
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They were already working, which benefited society
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They were smarter than men
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Some of which of the following groups opposed women's suffrage?
Men
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Women
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Churches
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None of the above.
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Which of the following countries first allowed women into universities?
Romania
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Great Britain
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The United States
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Sweden
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Socialist women focused their energies on _______.
The fight for women's suffrage
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Women's economic inequality
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Political oppression of the people by monarchs
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Economic oppression of the working class
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A woman who worked peacefully and legally for women's rights was called _______
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The first national suffrage society was founded in _______ in 1867.
France
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The United States
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Great Britain
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Russia
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The Women's Social and Political Union was founded by _______.
Louisa Garrett Anderson
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Emmeline Pankhurst
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Harriet Taylor Mill
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Susan B. Anthony
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Tactics used by the suffragettes included _______.
Letter-writing campaigns
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Protests
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Hunger strikes
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Vandalism
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_______ was a German feminist who founded the Society for the Protection of Mothers.
Clara Zetkin
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Emmeline Pankhurst
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Anna Maier
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Helene Stocker
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Stocker thought _______ was the greatest harm of gender inequity.
The ways women were prevented from benefiting society
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The emotional aridity of the relationships it encouraged
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The weakness of economic productivity
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The lack of feminine contributions to the arts
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The US Comstock Law prevented _______.
Legal prostitution
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Production of pornography
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Fathers from abandoning minor children
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Sending information on contraception through the mail
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Were the authors of the great works of literature exploring female identity mostly male or female?
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Angelica Kauffman was famous for painting in the _______ style.
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The famous French painter Louise Abbema painted both Sarah Bernhardt and Jeanne Samary, who were both _______.
Actresses
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prostitutes
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Aristocrats
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Politicians
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At the beginning of the 19th century, only _______ had state-run primary schools.
England
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The United States
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Germany
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Russia
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Maria Montessori began her career as a _______.
Doctor
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teacher
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nurse
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mother
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The late 19th-century invention of the _______ allowed women a new freedom.
Internal combustion engine
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Streetcar
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Chain-driven bicycle
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Airplane
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Qasim Amin intended Cairo University to be _______.
A bastion of Islamic conservatism
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A Western-style university
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A school that promoted a liberal form of Islam
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For women only
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The Islamic state that had the loudest calls for reform of the position of women was _______.
Egypt
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Turkey
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Saudi Arabia
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Persia
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The first schools for girls opened in the Ottoman Empire in the _______.
1820s
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1880s
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1920s
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1980s
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When did the second wave of women's suffrage begin?
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What about this woman strikes you as "new"?
Her ladylike posture.
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Her seat within her home.
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Her stack of books and magazines.
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her attractive and feminine dress.
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Which of the following words most effectively describes the mood of this poster?
Feminine
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Pretty
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Ladylike
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Militant
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