GWS 300 - Women as Agents of Change » Spring 2021 » Quiz 2

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Question #1
When Mary Wollstonecraft says "Let their faculties have room to unfold, and their virtues room to gain strength, and then determine where the whole sex stands in the intellectual scale" (pg. 71) she means the following:
A.   If women were allowed to go to school, they can actually be more virtuous than men
B.   Because women are more emotional, they should be allowed education to help them control it.
C.   If boys were allowed to be feminine, they would develop higher faculties. 
D.   Society cannot proclaim that women are unequal to men if women are not given equal opportunities as men to begin with
Question #2
On the top of pg. 71, second column, in the paragraph beginning "I have, probably, had an opportunity of observing ....." Wollstonecraft is speaking out against Rousseau's beliefs. She is arguing the following:
A.   That in her observation girls are most suited for and skilled at domestic chores, but that they can also learn other skills like hunting and shooting
B.   That young girls by nature may prefer dolls to play with rather than playing outdoors
C.   That gender is constructed by society, and girls are not naturally drawn only toward activities deemed feminine 
D.   She is expressing agreement with some of Rousseau's ideas on gender inequality
Question #3
Toward the end of pg. 71 and the top of pg. 72, in the paragraph that begins with "Women are everywhere, in this deplorable state..." Wollstonecraft is saying the following:
A.   That gender is inborn
B.   Girls and women are brought up with much more focus on their bodies rather than their minds, and this over time, affects how women related to themselves and to the world
C.   That women refuse to use their intellect because they prefer to be taken care of
D.   That men encourage women to be all that they can be
Question #4
In the Declaration of Sentiments, Stanton and Mott use the Declaration of Independence a a model to argue for the following:
A.   The abolition of slavery and race based discrimination
B.   Women's ability to get equal pay for equal work
C.   The rights of immigrant communities in the U.S.
D.   The rights of women in the realms of education, law, leadership, marriage, etc.
Question #5
The rest of the questions (5-15) are based on the film, The Vote, Parts 1 and 2. What kind of tactics did the British militant women’s rights organization, the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), use in its effort to secure the rights to vote for women?
A.   Writing and distributing pamphlets
B.   Giving street corner lectures while standing on soapboxes
C.   all of these
D.   Organizing mass demonstrations that involved thousands of people
E.   Disrupting poltical meetings during men’s speeches
Question #6
In what ways did British society responded to the WSPU?
A.   Cartoonists called them old unmarried hags
B.   Police beat and arrested WSPU demonstrators
C.   Audience members shouted at and threw things like dead mice at WSPU speakers
D.   Journalists ridiculed them as suffragettes
E.   all of these
Question #7
The 15th amendment granted the right to vote to?
A.   Black men
B.   poor white men
C.   Native Americans
D.   Black people
Question #8
What position did the African American abolitionist and women's suffrage supporter, Fredrick Douglas, take regarding who should be enfranchised by the 15th amendment?
A.   He argued Black men and women need to have the right to vote for the centuries of slavery they both endured
B.   None of these
C.   he thought white women should have the right to vote first as it will make it easier for black people to find political allies against abolition
D.   He thought Black men should be enfranchised first because they were being killed
Question #9
What was the reaction of the prominent white suffragist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, to the 15th amendment?
A.   That black and white women should not be considered second class citizens
B.   That black men should not have more rights than educated and refined white women
C.   That if any woman has property, she should be able to vote
D.   all of these
Question #10
Which states enfranchised women first?
A.   North Dakota, Colorado, New Hampshire and Vermont
B.   Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho and California
C.   Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho and New York
D.   Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho and Texas
E.   Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho and Utah
Question #11
Why did women’s right to vote succeed in the above states?
A.   These states had low population and women's votes were an asset in shoring up their strength
B.   these state were dominated by Quakers who believed in the equality of the sexes
C.   all of these
D.   A large number of women in those states were in the military
Question #12
What were the common ways that states across the south used to deny Black people the right to vote after the elimination of slavery?
A.   Grandfather clauses
B.   all of these
C.   Poll taxes
D.   Literacy tests
Question #13
What position did the national Association of women and its leader Susan B. Anthony take on the right to vote during this period?
A.   Their southern chapters denied black women membership to the organization
B.   They excluded African American women who were part of the suffrage movement
C.   all of these
D.   They asked African American men who supported women’s right to vote to stay away from the women’s convention in order not to lose support of the southern base
Question #14
How did African American women respond to their exclusion from the mainstream suffragist movements?
A.   They organized in churches, They established women’s clubs
B.   They gave up on the quest for the vote through social movements
C.   None of the above

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