11. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FERMENT IN THE NORTH, 1820

Quiz for Comparative Analysis How Can We Help the Poor? Documents 11.2 and 11.3

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. What does Matthew Carey suggest for Americans to cure the problems of working-class women’s oppression in the workplace?

Pay women the same as men.

Do nothing; he says there is no cure.

Give women the right to vote.

Create minimum wages for women.

2. How does Carey suggest the rich help poor women workers?

Provide handouts for the poor.

Hire women and pay fair wages.

Create more charities for women.

Put women in leadership roles.

3. What issue ultimately led to Emily Kempshall’s resignation from the Rochester Female Charitable Society?

Sexism

Elimination of poverty

Lack of funding

Sickness

4. In addition to general poverty concerns, what issues did Kempshall want to address in Rochester?

Public health

Education and language

Women’s rights and oppression

Drunkenness and degradation

5. How might Carey and Kempshall differ in their perspectives on how the rich could help their respective organizations?

The rich can hire women for Carey or donate funds to Kempshall.

Both seek money to distribute to women on the streets.

Carey wants more female volunteers than Kempshall.

Kempshall encourages female workers, while Carey does not.

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