Unit 3 Vocab Flashcards
American Dream
The ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.
Temperance
abstinence from alcoholic drink
Suffrage
the right to vote in political elections
Suffragist
a person advocating the extension of the right to vote, especially to women
Abridge
curtail or to stop (rights or privileges)
ERA
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
Glass Ceiling
an unofficially acknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession, especially affect women and members of minorities
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
leader of the women’s rights movement and women’s suffrage in the US during the mid- to late- 1800s.
Jane Addams
co-founder in 1889 of Hull House, a famous settlement house in Chicago and outspoken suffragist
Phyllis Schlafly
conservative activist and author who opposed feminism, and successfully campaigned against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution
Shirley Chisholm
elected in 1968 as the first African American congresswoman, supporter of the ERA
Gloria Steinem
journalist, feminist, and one of the most visible, passionate leaders and spokeswoman of the women’s rights movement
Industrialization
developing and using machinery in factories to increase and mass produce goods quickly
Urbanization
large populations moving into cities.
What does ‘urban’ mean?
City
