Author Question: Analyze the antebellum concept of domesticity. Did this outlook advance or restrict women's rights ... (Read 84 times)

krzymel · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

In Dartmouth College v. Woodward, the Supreme Court held that a(n) ________ granted by a state could not be modified unless both parties agreed.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Question 2

The last link in the chain of waterways binding New York City to the Great Lakes and the Northwest was the ________, stretching 363 miles between Albany and Buffalo.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Question 3

Discuss the economic changes that transformed the rural communities of the East and the frontier of the Old Northwest and increasingly knit the two regions together in the two decades preceding the Civil War.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

Discuss the extent of opportunities available for northern free blacks in antebellum America.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 5

You are a newspaper reporter assigned to cover the riots of August 1834 in Philadelphia. Write an article explaining the causes and events of the riots as well as offering suggestions as to how such future trouble might be avoided.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 6

Analyze the antebellum concept of domesticity. Did this outlook advance or restrict women's rights and liberation?

What will be an ideal response?

jointhecircus · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 21, 2019

Answer 1

Answer: charter

Answer 2

Answer: Erie Canal

Answer 3

Answer: Farming in the East became more scientific and commercial. Eastern capital, settlers, and transportation projects opened up the frontier of the Old Northwest, creating an economic as well as cultural link. Farming in the Northwest switched from corn and hog production for southern markets to wheat production for eastern markets.

Answer 4

Answer: Although opposed to slavery, many northerners did not welcome competition by free blacks for jobs and housing. Nowhere did free blacks enjoy equal political and civil rights or economic and educational opportunities. Those states with greater black populations generally imposed greater restrictions. The fastest-growing western states were committed to white supremacy and black exclusion.

Answer 5

Answer: The riots stemmed from the frustration of lower-class whites, many of them Irish immigrants, at competition for jobs from free blacks and the squalid conditions of their neighborhoods. The police force was unable to control the rowdiness. Increased city attention to living conditions, education, and police protection might be considered as preventive actions.

Answer 6

Answer: Industrialization changed the family economy and led to the notion that the sexes occupied separate spheres. The proper place for the woman was perceived as the home, where she would serve as the moral and cultural guardian for the family in her roles as wife and mother. This seemingly restrictive view of women later helped prompt women to take on roles in voluntary associations to reshape and reform the broader society.