USA history topic 3 Flashcards
what was the 19th amendment
1918 passed to contoitution 1920 ratified and gave the ability tpo women to vote in elections however did result in political int rest as it was still hard to get a vote through other rules
what was the women party
the suffarge party of the usa simlar to the uks lead by Alice paul
what where the statitics for working women in 1920, 1930 and 1940
1920 8.2 million
1930 10.4 million
1940 13 million
what grew due to women increasing independence
cosmentic industry
outragous at the time fashion
more lesiure time like dance halls cinemas and sports clubs
flappers
how many women where in military positions during ww2
200,000
what happened between 1930s and 1942 to perception of working women
-1930 80 percent of Americans opposed married women working
-1942 it was 60 percent in favour
what happened to the birth rate from 1940 to 1946
- it went from 19.4 per 1000 to 24 per 1000 didnt decline till the 60s
when was the equal rights amendment passed
- 1972
what happened to abortion in 1973
struck down law in roe vs wade which forbidden abortion during the first 3 months of pregnancy
what was the problem with activism in the 70s
the groups where split between radical femenist and moderate feminst
who is Betty freidan
activists for women rights who believed that the middle class had become an illusion of many women to the fact they where very limited in society
what is NOW
national orginsation of women
- founded by betty f in 1966
aims
-leagise abortion
- end job discrimination
- obtain federal and state support for childcare centers
what was a scusess in the 1970s
growing presence for women in the workforce over half of married women eployed outside the home
and 9 out of 10 female collage graduates
what was the red scare
- bolshevik revoloution in russia 1917
how many immigrant entered the country between June 1920 and 1921
800,000
what happened in 1920 which put a bad name on italians
2 italian immgrant where arrested for armed robbery and murder and where sentence to death
many thought there belifes and orogin cuased the crime
when and why lead to the rise of the kkk
due to increase migration in the 1920s they spread the message that immmgration lead to impuraity and
1949 housing act
provided 810,000 low income housing
interstate high way act 1956
Allowed 41,000 miles of new road
what was the GI bill
1944
provided jobs after the war for 12 million service men and women
stagflation
high inflation combined with high unemployment
how did women working percentages change form 1960/1970/1980
1960 38%
1970 43%
1980 52%
wade vs roe
1973 leaglised abortions
emergancy immigration ACT
1921 retricted entry to the cpountry to 3 percent pof the forgin born of any nationality from the 1910 census
qouta law act
tv boom
numbers
1948
1955
1960
1948 15.3million
1955 32 million 75%
1960 90 percent
