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Illinois Social Science Standards
Illinois Social Science Standards
SS.H.1.6-8.LC: Classify series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.
SS.H.1.6-8.MdC: Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts.
SS.H.1.6-8.MC: Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.
Bell Ringer Question:
Bell Ringer Question:
Read the quote below. What is Abigail Adams telling her husband John Adams, and why does is it significant that she is saying this before July of 1776? Are there any parts you agree with, or disagree with?
Read the quote below. What is Abigail Adams telling her husband John Adams, and why does is it significant that she is saying this before July of 1776? Are there any parts you agree with, or disagree with?
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 March,1776
"I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."
Important Vocabulary:
Flapper - a fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior.
External Benefits - which occurs when producing or consuming a good causes a benefit to another person or business.
Suffrage - the right to vote
19th Amendment - Legally protected the right of women to vote in elections in the United States.
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 March,1776
"I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1919)
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
Evaluating Political Cartoons
Evaluating Political Cartoons
Below are two political cartoons released in newspapers and magazines in the United States after World War I. The United States had not given the legal protection for women to have the right to vote, known as suffrage. The United States had not banned a woman's right to vote, and in some states, most of them western states, allowed women to vote. Both women and men were skeptical of passing the 19th Amendment to legally guarantee women the right to vote, while others believed it was essential to our republic that a woman's voice be heard through her vote. Study the political cartoons below and consider answers for the following questions.
Choose which cartoon was printed in support of women's suffrage and which one was not in favor.
Explain what fears the anti-suffrage political cartoon tried to convince readers to believe?
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