Social Tensions Flashcard Q's
Poverty was present in old industries, give X2 industries and X2 locations;
Textiles - New England
Coal Mining - Illinois
What % of textile plants were loosing money?
What % were some steel plants operating at?
75% of textile plants loosing money
only 12% capacity in some steel plants
How many states had passed the vote for women prior to the 19th amendment?
When did New York permit women to vote?
When was the 19th amendment ratified?
When was the first election women in all states could vote in?
15 states prior to 19th
1917 : New York
August 1920 = ratified
1920 election women could vote in all states
Who opposed female enfranchisement?
Why was this?
What voting lines did women vote along?
What did this result in?
opposed by alcohol / textile trades
these industries had high female workforce and feared women would gain greater political influence
Voted along same lines as husbands
= meant little political impact
= politicians didn’t seek ‘women’ vote
How many women in the house of representatives by 1928?
How many state governors were women?
2/496
2
however only successions to their husbands
What act failed to pass repeatedly in relation to women? Including in 1923
What did this act advocate for?
Equal Rights Amendment
minimum wage for women / children
How many women employed in 1930?
What was this an increase in from 1920?
Why in part could this occur?
Who saw the greatest changes?
1930 : 10million
25% increase since 1920
mechanisation meant strength no longer important
Middle class e.g secretarial / teaching work
How did women benefit from technological advances and the boom?
labour saving devices - fewer hours spent on chores
new products and advertising directed towards their needs
increased ease with which to purchase
What was set up which represented women in 1920?
Female Department of Labour
What act was passed in 1921 which provided for pregnant women via healthcare?
What was this an example of?
What did this arguably do in terms of the role of women
Shepard-Towner Act
Government deviating from non-intervention
Arguably secured their domestic role
Number of women in university declined by what in 1920s?
Why was this?
What were women attractive to industry?
5% decline in female university numbers
employed immediately in cities
since they could be paid a lower wage
Why was 1928 a significant election for immigrants?
first election in 100years where ‘aliens’ could not vote
important election since it would determine that a Republican president would rule through the Depression
