History 111 - The Women in America » Summer 2022 » RQ 5

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Question #1
Why does Kleeck think the ERA would be so damaging?
A.   Mary Van Kleeck believes that women are natural leaders who don't need to make any gains or have any legally protected rights at all.
B.   Mary Van Kleeck believes that there are already laws that protect women, such as mothers' pensions, and the ERA would take away those protections. She also believes all sex-prejudice beyond the reach of the law would be unaffected by the ERA.
C.   Mary Van Kleeck believes that Alice Paul is right and that the ERA would only take a few years to pass.
D.   Mary Van Kleeck believes that the political climate in the US made Americans weary of Prohibition.
Question #2
According to Eleanor Roosevelt, what have women accomplished for human betterment with the vote?
A.   She believes that women only vote in their own self interest, so they have been able to pass the ERA with their voting power.
B.   She believes that women voting doesn't matter, and she believes that politics don't change anything.
C.   She believes that women's right to vote should be credited with the government's attitude of concern for the welfare of human beings, such as housing and caring for "handicapped" children.
D.   She believes that "vote of the women" means that the government only cares about pandering to women's issues, such as the ERA and maternity leave.
Question #3
Which choice has the correct definition of the Harlem Renaissance and the correct name of a woman who participated in it?
A.   It was a club and trance movement in Harlem. Lizzo participated in it.
B.   It was a major cultural movement of black authors and artists who sought to articulate a distinct black contribution to American culture. Zora Neale Hurston participated in it.
C.   It was an attempt to go back to the religious ways of the European Renaissance. Jessie Fauset participated in it.
D.   It was a consumer culture movement. Bessie Smith participated in it.
Question #4
Why were Rosie the Riveters crucial to the war effort?
A.   Rosie the Riveters created a new way of riveting tanks during WWII, which is a method that is still used is military construction today.
B.   Rosie the Riveters were paid on a government subsidy and their actual contribution to WWII has been overestimated since only 5,000 women worked as Rosies.
C.   Rosie the Riveters looked good and could strike a pose, which made men fight harder in WWII.
D.   Rosie the Riveters were the industrialized workforce during WWII who made the goods to win the war, such as planes.
Question #5
Which choice has the correct definition of the (first) “Red Scare?"
A.   The Red Scare is the name historians gave to the Boston Riots of 1919.
B.   The Red Scare is when Americans succumbed to a hysteria in which they believed communists where hiding everywhere in the US and plotting a revolution to topple the US government.
C.   The Red Scare is when police used intimidation to enforce alcohol consumption in the United States during Prohibition.
D.   The Red Scare is when Vogue said the color was no longer in style.

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