Unit 3 Vocab

Question 1

American Dream

Answer 1

The ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.

Question 2

Temperance

Answer 2

abstinence from alcoholic drink

Question 3

Suffrage

Answer 3

the right to vote in political elections

Question 4

Suffragist

Answer 4

a person advocating the extension of the right to vote, especially to women

Question 5

Abridge

Answer 5

curtail or to stop (rights or privileges)

Question 6

ERA

Answer 6

Equal RIghts Amendment; first proposed in Congress by the Nation Women’s Party in 1923, as a way to eliminate all legal gender-based discrimination in the US

Question 7

Glass Ceiling

Answer 7

an unofficially acknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession, especially affect women and members of minorities

Question 8

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Answer 8

leader of the women’s rights movement and women’s suffrage in the US during the mid- to late- 1800s.

Question 9

Jane Addams

Answer 9

co-founder in 1889 of Hull House, a famous settlement house in Chicago and outspoken suffragist

Question 10

Phyllis Schlafly

Answer 10

conservative activist and author who opposed feminism, and successfully campaigned against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution

Question 11

Shirley Chisholm

Answer 11

elected in 1968 as the first African American congresswoman, supporter of the ERA

Question 12

Gloria Steinem

Answer 12

journalist, feminist, and one of the most visible, passionate leaders and spokeswoman of the women’s rights movement

Question 13

Industrialization

Answer 13

developing and using machinery in factories to increase and mass produce goods quickly

Question 14

Urbanization

Answer 14

large populations moving into cities.

Question 15

What does ‘urban’ mean?

Answer 15

City

Question 16

What are/were the issues of urbanization? (4)

Answer 16

Overcrowding, lack of resources, pollution, disease