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Assignment:
1. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was first proposed in the 1920s, after the passage of the 19th Amendment.
a. TRUEb. FALSE
2. The main obstacle for women as they entered the workforce in the postwar era was the
a. Work habits in the industrial and service sectors.
b. Glut of women in the service sector.
c. Cultural belief that a woman's place was in the home, not the workplace.
d. Difficult choice between pursuing higher education or immediate employment in the service sector.
3. Unions in the 1950s were
a. About the same, but there are more union workers in the public than private sector.
b. Much greater than they are today.
c. About the same as they are today.
d. Much smaller than they are today.
4. What is New Deal liberalism?
a. The dominance of the Democratic Party.
b. The idea that government should regulate the economy to be sure that wealth is more evenly distributed.
c. Policies in the 1930s that brought about racial equality.
d. Policies in the 1930s that brought about both racial and gender equality.
5. What were the major achievements of the period of postwar liberalism? What were the limitations to the expansion of rights in the postwar period? Please include references and explanation.