Ch 16.2-4 The Progressives Mega
Questions with complete solution
2025
Women and Public Life
THE INSIDE STORY
How did some African American women break barriers in the late 1800s?
Most African American women of the 1800s could only dream of going to ___.
Two women dreamed it, and then did it. _____ (1875-1902) and _____ (1874-
1972) both graduated from prestigious ____ colleges.
Scott was the first known African American to graduate from _____ in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. She entered Radcliffe in 1894, studying science
and classics. After graduating, Scott felt she should ____ in the South. In
1900 _____ invited her to teach at ____, but sadly, after a year she became ill
and died.
Otelia Cromwell had a long and distinguished career as an ____. She
transferred from Howard University to Smith College in Northampton,
Massachusetts. After graduating in 1900, she taught ____ in Washington,
D.C. She then went back to school, earning a master's degree from Columbia
University and a Ph.D. fro - correct answer ✔college
Alberta Virginia Scott
Otelia Cromwell
women's
Radcliffe College
teach
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
,educator
public school
head of the literature department
Lucretia Mott
Otelia Cromwell
career in education.
Opportunities for Women
By the late 1800s, women were finding more opportunities for ____ and ____.
With greater opportunities came a desire for greater involvement in the life of
the _____. Many women turned outward, beyond the home, to work for ____
in society. They sought to use their talents and skills to make life better for
others as well as for themselves. In the process, women became a greater
_____ force.
Higher education
Throughout the early 1800s, women had limited opportunities for ____. It
wasn't until 1833, for example, that a college, ____ College in Ohio, began
admitting women as well as men. Later in the century, more colleges opened
their doors to women. By 1870 about 20 percent of all college students were
women. By 1900 that number had increased to more than one-third.
Most of the women who attended college at this time were members of the
____ or ____ classes. They wanted to be able to use thei - correct answer
✔education
employment
community
change and reform
political
higher education
, Oberlin
middle or upper
denied
Medical Association
reform movements
activism
middle class
teachers and nurses
business
artists and journalists
educated and employed
industry
less
single
fathers
supporting families
Employers used these assumptions as reasons to pay women ____ wages.
By the late 1800s these opportunities in public life began to change the way
many ____-class women viewed their world. They began to see that they had
a role to play in their communities and in society beyond ____.
Gaining Political Experience
Questions with complete solution
2025
Women and Public Life
THE INSIDE STORY
How did some African American women break barriers in the late 1800s?
Most African American women of the 1800s could only dream of going to ___.
Two women dreamed it, and then did it. _____ (1875-1902) and _____ (1874-
1972) both graduated from prestigious ____ colleges.
Scott was the first known African American to graduate from _____ in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. She entered Radcliffe in 1894, studying science
and classics. After graduating, Scott felt she should ____ in the South. In
1900 _____ invited her to teach at ____, but sadly, after a year she became ill
and died.
Otelia Cromwell had a long and distinguished career as an ____. She
transferred from Howard University to Smith College in Northampton,
Massachusetts. After graduating in 1900, she taught ____ in Washington,
D.C. She then went back to school, earning a master's degree from Columbia
University and a Ph.D. fro - correct answer ✔college
Alberta Virginia Scott
Otelia Cromwell
women's
Radcliffe College
teach
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
,educator
public school
head of the literature department
Lucretia Mott
Otelia Cromwell
career in education.
Opportunities for Women
By the late 1800s, women were finding more opportunities for ____ and ____.
With greater opportunities came a desire for greater involvement in the life of
the _____. Many women turned outward, beyond the home, to work for ____
in society. They sought to use their talents and skills to make life better for
others as well as for themselves. In the process, women became a greater
_____ force.
Higher education
Throughout the early 1800s, women had limited opportunities for ____. It
wasn't until 1833, for example, that a college, ____ College in Ohio, began
admitting women as well as men. Later in the century, more colleges opened
their doors to women. By 1870 about 20 percent of all college students were
women. By 1900 that number had increased to more than one-third.
Most of the women who attended college at this time were members of the
____ or ____ classes. They wanted to be able to use thei - correct answer
✔education
employment
community
change and reform
political
higher education
, Oberlin
middle or upper
denied
Medical Association
reform movements
activism
middle class
teachers and nurses
business
artists and journalists
educated and employed
industry
less
single
fathers
supporting families
Employers used these assumptions as reasons to pay women ____ wages.
By the late 1800s these opportunities in public life began to change the way
many ____-class women viewed their world. They began to see that they had
a role to play in their communities and in society beyond ____.
Gaining Political Experience
