History 111 - The Women in America » Fall 2022 » RQ 3

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Question #1
What was the prevailing opinion about lynching that Wells was determined to challenge?
A.   Wells was attempting to disprove the prevailing opinion that black men who were lynched were simply getting the punishment they deserved because they were rapists.
B.   Wells was attempting to disprove the prevailing opinion that black women were smarter than black men.
C.   Wells was attempting to disprove the prevailing opinion that black men who were lynched were economically successful.
D.   Wells was attempting to disprove the prevailing opinion that lynching didn't exist in the South, and that black people like Wells were making these stories up.
Question #2
Which of the following is NOT a way that women earned money in gold-rush California?
A.   Women transported gold dust from the West coast to the East coast in women-only wagon trains.
B.   Women set up businesses.
C.   Women ran boardinghouses and restaurants.
D.   Women worked close to the mines.
Question #3
What was the range of “homosocial” relationships?
A.   "Homosocial" doesn't exist and it's something that historians just made up.
B.   Homosocial relationships could range from deep, emotional, and lifelong friendships that had feelings of jealousy or romance to completely romantic plus sexual long-standing relationships.
C.   Homosociality meant that women didn't like staying home and they enjoyed being social in public.
D.   According to the Cult of True Womanhood, ideal women were supposed homosocial. This means that they were expected to be naturally extroverted and outgoing in social situations.
Question #4
In the “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions,” what is the name of the foundational text that was rewritten and what was stated instead?
A.   Declaration of Independence - all men AND WOMEN are created equal
B.   Declaration of Independence - We, the people, WHICH INCLUDES WOMEN
C.   Declaration of Independence - GIVE US THE VOTE
D.   Declaration of Independence - We hold these truths to be self-evident, THAT MEN ARE SUPERIOR
Question #5
Name TWO acts of resistance undertaken by Sarah Winnemucca in an attempt to get “white America to treat her people fairly.”
A.   She wrote a children's novel and wrote a letter to President Jackson.
B.   She wrote her autobiography and gave lectures.
C.   She didn't resist at all and though that the US government had always treated her people fairly.
D.   She gave lectures in her princess clothing and wrote music.

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