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AP U.S. History
ZINN CHAPTER 6: STUDY QUESTIONS
"The Intimately Oppressed"
1. What is the theme of the reading?
2. How does treatment of women differ between societies
based on private
property and those based on communal
living? Why?
3. How did the earliest female settlers in Virginia fare?
4. How were women treated on the frontier compared to
those living in towns or
cities?
5. How did English law affect the status of women in America?
6. How does Zinn use the case of Ann Hutchinson to support
his basic argument?
7. How did the American Revolution affect women?
8. Explain the position of Abigail Adams vis-à-vis
the role of women in America.
9. What social forces led to the onset of the "cult of
true womanhood" or the "cult
of domesticity?" Describe the woman’s
role in this philosophy.
10. How was dress used as a means of social control?
11. What rights were denied women in the "cult of true
womanhood?"
12. How did workers’ strikes in the 1830s and 1840s reflect
the changing role of
women?
13.What is the connection between primary school teaching
and women’s
participation in reform movement
of the 1830s, 1840s and 1850s?
14. Create a table for the women reformers discussed in
the reading. (Note: you
can do yourself a big favor by also
including those female reformers Bailey
mentions in order to create a comprehensive
study list).
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