USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
Which phrase best explains the result of women working during World War I?

(A) ** Support for suffrage increased.

(B) Labor unions accepted female membership.

(C) Conservation of resources increased.

(D) Females experienced a decline in wages.

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The mainstream suffragists’ decision to focus on the nation’s needs during this time of crisis proved to help their cause. Their activities in support of the war helped convince many Americans, including President Woodrow Wilson, that all of the country’s female citizens deserved the right to vote.

Concept note-2: -The suffrage movement seemed stalled by the first decade of the 20th century. But World War I changed the dynamic and ultimately strengthened the suffrage movement. The industrial demands of modern war meant that women moved into the labor force and contributed to the war effort on the home front.

Concept note-3: -At the outbreak of the First World War, Emmeline Pankhurst suspended the activities of the Women’s Social and Political Union and concentrated her efforts on helping the government recruit women into war work.

Concept note-4: -The women’s suffrage movement fought for the right of women by law to vote in national or local elections.