The Civil Rights Movement Expands

AP US History· difficulty 3/5

Women in U.S. Labor Force (% of women age 16+) 60 45 30 15 Title VII '64 Title IX '72 '50 '70 '80 '90 '10 ~32% ~58% Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Which legislative achievement is most directly associated with the labor-force trend shown?

  • A

    The Smoot-Hawley Tariff

  • B

    The National Labor Relations Act of 1935

  • C

    The Sherman Antitrust Act

  • D

    Title IX of the Education Amendments (1972) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Act (1972)

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Explanation

Title IX banned sex discrimination in federally funded education, opening graduate and professional programs. The 1972 EEO Act extended Title VII enforcement, supporting women's expanded workforce participation.

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