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Question #1
Which of the following is true as a difference between contemporary children and Puritan children of Colonial America?
A.   Unlike contemporary children, Puritan children were not believed to be born with original sin.
B.   Unlike contemporary children, Puritan children were expected to be extraordinarily well behaved, and docile.
C.   Unlike contemporary children, Puritan children were encouraged to question the government's authority, and scripture.
D.   Unlike contemporary children, Puritan children were not allowed to attend school till they reached puberty.
Question #2
The colonial American custom where a fully dressed couple spent the night in a bed together that was separated by a wooden board was referred to as ________.
A.   dating
B.   bundling
C.   swaddling
D.   camping
Question #3
Which of the following is true of the family structures of early American Indian societies?
A.   Marriages and customs differed from tribe to tribe.
B.   Most marriages were polygynous.
C.   The majority of tribes were matrilineal.
D.   No groups practiced monogamy.
Question #4
Which of the following happened to African American families after emancipation?
A.   Many mothers set out to find children from whom they had been separated many years earlier.
B.   Kinship between family members quickly weakened and a majority of families broke up.
C.   Couples didn't bother to legitimize their marriages as the fee was equal to two weeks' pay.
D.   Communication between single black men who migrated to the North and their families in the South stopped completely.
Question #5
Kate is a homosexual. If she was born in the golden fifties, she would most likely to have been ________.
A.   imprisoned as an offender
B.   accepted without discrimination
C.   popular and looked upon
D.   forced to keep it a secret
Question #6
Which of the following is true of the family structure during the 1970s and the 1980s compared to the 1960s?
A.   More married couples had children at a younger age than in the sixties.
B.   Families had lower divorce rates than in the sixties.
C.   More women entered colleges than in the sixties.
D.   Families had higher birth rates than in the sixties.
Question #7
Which of the following is true of the family structure since the late 1990s?
A.   The number of adult children living with their parents decreased.
B.   The number of two-income families decreased.
C.   The number of married people in the population increased.
D.   The number of one-parent households increased.
Question #8
Which of the following is a similarity between women who lived during World War II and the women of the 1980s?
A.   They worked outside homes even if they had children.
B.   They had equal opportunities for education.
C.   They were expected to be responsible only for domestic chores.
D.   They were free of domestic violence.
Question #9
The Adams owned a home, which was part of the suburbs during the 1950s. Which of the following is likely to be a reason for the Adams to have bought a house in the suburbs in the 1950s?
A.   Veterans were offered homes at the same rate as the general public in the suburbs.
B.   The federal government underwrote the construction of homes in the suburbs.
C.   There was a very small demand for housing during this period.
D.   Low-income mortgages were not available to the public during this period.
Question #10
Stanley was born in 1990, his father was born in 1950, and his sister was born in 1978. Which of the following in Stanley's family would come under the baby boomer generation?
A.   only Stanley
B.   Stanley's sister
C.   Stanley's father
D.   both Stanley and his sister
Question #11
During the Great Depression, many men and women who had been raised on the farms moved to the cities. Young women were more likely to find jobs there because ________.
A.   there was a demand for low-paid domestic help
B.   women were perceived to be more productive than men
C.   there was a demand for inexpensive midwives
D.   rural women were more adept at factory work
Question #12
With regard to employment during World War II, black women ________.
A.   took over the domestic work left by other women
B.   were recruited into high-paying jobs
C.   made the least economic gains of all women
D.   were not allowed to work in factories
Question #13
During the golden fifties, marriage and child care experts typically advised women to ________.
A.   get a college education in order to be better wives and mothers
B.   pursue an active career to be more satisfied individuals
C.   please their husbands and be full-time homemakers
D.   be assertive and demand that their husbands participate in child care
Question #14
_______ was an ideology that arose in America during the Industrial Revolution, and which viewed women as having less vigor and force than men and therefore deemed less suited to public life.
A.   The cult of domesticity
B.   Helicopter parenting
C.   Compadrazgo
D.   Superwoman
Question #15
Sarah grew up in the first set of companionate families that emerged at the turn of the 20th century. Compared to her grandparents, her parents were likely to be ________.
A.   more focused on physical punishments as a way of discipline
B.   less focused on sexual attraction between partners
C.   less focused on communication between parents and children
D.   more focused on the importance of mutual affection
Question #16
In Mexican cultures, the concept of __________ stresses male attributes such as dominance, assertiveness, pride, and sexual prowess.
A.   familism
B.   compadrazgo
C.   vigilantism
D.   machismo
Question #17
Which of the following is true of early Mexican American families?
A.   Girls were expected to be educated.
B.   Women were considered guardians of family traditions.
C.   The female head of the family had all the authority.
D.   Boys did not share domestic chores.
Question #18
Rafael claims that the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo benefited the United States more than it did Mexico. Which of the following is an accurate statement that strengthens Rafael's claims?
A.   Despite the treaty, Mexicans grew wealthy by the sale of their properties to American farmers.
B.   Despite the treaty, the US government confiscated the land of most Mexican families in the territory.
C.   The treaty ensured that Mexican landowners were not defrauded by land speculators.
D.   The provisions of the treaty guaranteed security of property for Mexican landowners.
Question #19
Early Mexican society was characterized by __________.
A.   existentialism
B.   individualism
C.   familism
D.   consumerism
Question #20
In general, divorce among the Zuñis and the Tetons was ________.
A.   easy to accomplish and fairly common
B.   not acceptable by the laws of the land
C.   not necessary as there was no formal marriage
D.   rare because divorcees were looked down upon

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