Reading Quiz on Women’s Roles in the Antebellum

A  The reform movement that pushed for an elimination of prostitution. Participants argued women’s nature prevented them from having sexual desire, so prostitution was the result of women being forced into these positions by poverty and nale corruption.

B  The reform movement that pushed for the limiting or elimination of the use of intoxicants (opioids, alcohol, tobacco)

C  The extension of higher levels of education to the general public and including women (post secondary education like the Troy Seminary or Mount Holyoke)

D  The reform movement that attempted to create government support and education of prisoners in jail, patients in mental institutions, and establish orphanages. Another major shift advocated by this reform movement was the abolishment of work houses and double sponsors

A  The reform movement that pushed for an elimination of prostitution. Participants argued women’s nature prevented them from having sexual desire, so prostitution was the result of women being forced into these positions by poverty and nale corruption.

B  The reform movement that sought to end slavery

C  The reform movement that challenged traditional understandings of gender roles, pushed for more open sexuality, challenged responsibilities of who raised and worked for childcare roles, and challenged traditional patriarchal structures.

D  The reform movement that attempted to create government support and education of prisoners in jail, patients in mental institutions, and establish orphanages. Another major shift advocated by this reform movement was the abolishment of work houses and double sponsors

A  The reform movement that attempted to create government support and education of prisoners in jail, patients in mental institutions, and establish orphanages. Another major shift advocated by this reform movement was the abolishment of work houses and double sponsors

B  The extension of higher levels of education to the general public and including women (post secondary education like the Troy Seminary or Mount Holyoke)

C  A religious revival that promoted the morality of women, encouraged women’s organizing within the church, and sanctioned emotionality within the church

D  The reform movement that sought to end slavery

A  The reform movement that sought to end slavery

B  The reform movement that challenged traditional understandings of gender roles, pushed for more open sexuality, challenged responsibilities of who raised and worked for childcare roles, and challenged traditional patriarchal structures.

C  A religious revival that promoted the morality of women, encouraged women’s organizing within the church, and sanctioned emotionality within the church

D  The reform movement that attempted to create government support and education of prisoners in jail, patients in mental institutions, and establish orphanages. Another major shift advocated by this reform movement was the abolishment of work houses and double sponsors

A  A religious revival that promoted the morality of women, encouraged women’s organizing within the church, and sanctioned emotionality within the church

B  The reform movement that challenged traditional understandings of gender roles, pushed for more open sexuality, challenged responsibilities of who raised and worked for childcare roles, and challenged traditional patriarchal structures.

C  The reform movement that pushed for an elimination of prostitution. Participants argued women’s nature prevented them from having sexual desire, so prostitution was the result of women being forced into these positions by poverty and nale corruption.

D  The reform movement that sought to end slavery

A  The reform movement that pushed for an elimination of prostitution. Participants argued women’s nature prevented them from having sexual desire, so prostitution was the result of women being forced into these positions by poverty and nale corruption.

B  A religious revival that promoted the morality of women, encouraged women’s organizing within the church, and sanctioned emotionality within the church

C  The reform movement that challenged traditional understandings of gender roles, pushed for more open sexuality, challenged responsibilities of who raised and worked for childcare roles, and challenged traditional patriarchal structures.

D  The reform movement that pushed for the limiting or elimination of the use of intoxicants (opioids, alcohol, tobacco)

A  The reform movement that pushed for an elimination of prostitution. Participants argued women’s nature prevented them from having sexual desire, so prostitution was the result of women being forced into these positions by poverty and nale corruption.

B  The extension of higher levels of education to the general public and including women (post secondary education like the Troy Seminary or Mount Holyoke)

C  The reform movement that pushed for the limiting or elimination of the use of intoxicants (opioids, alcohol, tobacco)

D  The reform movement that challenged traditional understandings of gender roles, pushed for more open sexuality, challenged responsibilities of who raised and worked for childcare roles, and challenged traditional patriarchal structures.

A  Work and life-activities that take place outside of the home such as factory work, engagement in politics, or participation in public gatherings

B  The reform movement that pushed for the limiting or elimination of the use of intoxicants (opioids, alcohol, tobacco)

C  Work and life-activities that take place within the home such as domestic work, child-rearing, or education of etiquette and morality

D  The extension of higher levels of education to the general public and including women (post secondary education like the Troy Seminary or Mount Holyoke)

A  The extension of higher levels of education to the general public and including women (post secondary education like the Troy Seminary or Mount Holyoke)

B  Work and life-activities that take place within the home such as domestic work, child-rearing, or education of etiquette and morality

C  Work and life-activities that take place outside of the home such as factory work, engagement in politics, or participation in public gatherings

D  The reform movement that pushed for the limiting or elimination of the use of intoxicants (opioids, alcohol, tobacco)

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