A-Level History - Civil Rights in the USA (Women)

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1. What was the decision in Roe v. Wade, 1973?

  • That a claim of ‘hostile environment’ sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination
  • Allowed women to serve as jurors only and requires states to call men and women to jury service on an equal basis
  • To protect a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion without government restriction
  • The right to privacy protects access to contraception for married and unmarried individuals
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2. What did the 1933 Federal Emergency Relief Act do for women?

  • Offered women the opportunity to own land
  • Gave funds for maternity leave
  • Gave financial assistance, and homeless women could seek additional refuge in city shelters
  • Ruled against gender discrimination

3. What did the 1921 Sheppard Towner Act do?

  • Provided federal funding for maternity and child care
  • Ruled against abortion
  • Set new minimum wage levels
  • Gave women more employment opportunities

4. What did the Nineteenth Amendment give to American women?

  • Rights of ‘privacy’ over her own body
  • The right to vote
  • Legal equality
  • The right to contraception

5. Who was ‘Rosie the Riveter’?

  • A woman in clerical work
  • A poster of a woman doing a traditional male job
  • A picture of a woman in the home looking after the children
  • A woman taking part in major decision-making in military or political affairs
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