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    U.S. History 11/05/2013 Jackson Question #1: Nullification Crisis Question #2: Jacksonian Democracy Indian Removal Westward Migration Black Hawk War- Alabama and Mississippi - Abraham Lincoln - Preventing white settlers from moving in on Indian land Assimilation- Sue in court Cherokee Tribe - Romanized their language to make it their language using our alphabet - Literate - Gold rush- 1820s Worcester vs. Georgia - “Cherokee are a nation‚ they aren’t just people

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    thought to be more pure‚ weak‚ emotional and dependent on man‚ while men are characterized to be powerful‚ logical‚ ambitious and independent. Barbara Welter described this ideology as “The Cult of True Womanhood”. Women were expected to obtain these four main principles: piety‚ purity‚ submissiveness‚ and domesticity. They

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    Starting from the 1930’s with the Walt Disney Company’s first animated feature film‚ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs‚ Disney has begun to illustrate stereotypical gender roles. Fast-forward to 2013‚ almost eighty years later‚ Disney still continues to shape the mold of depicting their main characters as one-dimensional and cliché symbols of their gender. By being a household go-to of movies the whole family can enjoy‚ some people tend to overlook the questionable gender roles because of the old-fashioned

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    Kate Chopin’s The Awakening: Struggle Against Society and Nature Kate Chopin’s The Awakening was a bold piece of fiction in its time‚ and protagonist Edna Pontellier was a controversial character. She upset many nineteenth century expectations for women and their supposed roles. One of her most shocking actions was her denial of her role as a mother and wife. Kate Chopin displays this rejection gradually‚ but the concept of motherhood is major theme throughout the novel. Edna is fighting against

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    The women’s rights movement had all but disappeared after the adoption of the 19th Amendment in 1920. However‚ in the post-World War II period‚ women increasingly realized that they continued to face obstacles in achieving equality in American society. Throughout the history of the nation‚ women in the United States have always suffered from discrimination and were inferior to men. Women quickly realized that change was needed and they had to do something about it. After World War II‚ women were

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    Abolition‚ Women’s Rights and Democracy The second Great Awakening in the early eighteen hundreds was a widespread religious revival that greatly impacted society. Its influences that appealed to emotions rather than doctrine were greatly supported by reformers who sought to improve themselves as well as society’s ills. Of these reformers some movements began to form including movements for abolition and women’s rights. For example‚ a famous minister‚ Charles Grandison Finney of the Second Great

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    INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN’S STUDIES FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE Test to be held in your class on the following dates: MSU – WMGST 102: section -01 – Monday‚ May 7th at 10 am – 12:15 pm‚ section WMGST 102:03 – Monday‚ May 7th at 3:15 – 5:15 pm Kean – ID 1300 – sections -02 & -R2 - Thursday‚ May 10th at 11 am; section -03 - Thursday‚ May 10th at 2 pm‚ section - 01 - Saturday‚ May 5th 12:30 – 3:15 pm Materials to Use: All Assigned Textbook Readings for Last Unit including - Women Changing Our

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    Women at War In the years before the Civil War‚ the lives of American women were shaped by a set of ideals that historians call “the Cult of True Womanhood.” As men’s work moved away from the home and into shops‚ offices and factories‚ the household became a new kind of place to private‚ feminized domestic sphere. “True women” devoted their lives to creating a clean‚ comfortable‚ nurturing home for their husbands and children. During the Civil War‚ American women turned their attention to

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    entirely devoted to the domestic sphere as they were either caring or nursing infants or pregnant (Dubois & Dumenil‚ 2009). Although there was an increasing presence of women in economic and political matters‚ this was trumped by their roles as housekeepers‚ wives and mothers. Therefore‚ the lives of women revolved around home and family life. Childbearing and being a housewife were not perceived as work‚ but rather as effortless manifestation of the feminine nature of women (Dubois & Dumenil‚2009)

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    WWII Minorities DBQ In the mist of the countries involvement in one of the most grueling wars in history new barriers were broken to make room for an equal America. Although true equality was not reached‚ these short four years would lead to the turning point in American acceptance toward diversity‚ both in and out of the work place. The movement of thousands of men overseas create a substantial gap in the work place‚ creating a never before seen chance for women‚ Blacks‚ and immigrants to flood

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