HIST 1302 - Quiz 2

What was the original 1921 name for Planned Parenthood?

American Birth Control League

Who was the first president to address the nation by radio?

Calvin Coolridge

Know the college courses of Vasser College steering women back to their traditional roles as homemakers.

Husband and Wife Motherhood The family as an economic unit

How was Harding more progressive than Woodrow Wilson?

In the area of civil rights: he reversed the Wilson administration policy of excluding African-Americans from federal jobs, spoke out against vigilante racism and attacked the Ku Klux Klan for fomenting "hatred and prejudice and violence."

Describe the Harding Administration, know his areas of success.

Largely as a result of Harding's corrupt associates, his administration came to be viewed as one of the worst in history. He led the nation out of the turmoil of the postwar years and helped create the economic boom of the 1920s. He endorsed diversity and civil rights and was a forceful proponent of women's rights.

What was the cause of the market crash?

Over production and under consumption.

What happened for Women after the war?

Passage of the 19th Amendment, women's suffrage

What seemed to many to be the goal of the anti-alcohol crusaders?

Policing the behavior of the foreign born the working class and the poor.

Why did men want women to stay out of politics?

Politics would corrupt the moral purity of women.

How did movies influence society?

They expanded the consumer culture, setting tastes and stimulating the sexual revolution.

Which states first gave women the right to vote from 1869-1896.

Utah, Colorado, Idaho & Wyoming

Where was the first place to extend equal voting rights to women?

Wyoming TERRITORY

Know the three organizations from England and London emphasizing community service and the care of the unfortunate.

YMCA WMCA Salvation Army