History 111 - The Women in America » Fall 2022 » Reading Quiz on the 1960-1977

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Question #1
The United States has passed and fully adopted the ERA.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #2
The Women's Movement was heavily influenced by the Civil Rights Movement.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #3
Consciousness Raising groups were for both men and women and encouraged men to lead sessions.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #4
According to your documentaries female Congress members faced prejudice and mistreatment in Washington D.C. despite Civil Rights legislation like the Equal Pay Act, Title VII, and other waves of protest.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #5
Women suffered from doctors’ decisions over her body such as a refusal to prescribe the pill, control over birthing, refusal to perform “therapeutic abortions”, and prescriptions they would not talk to female patients about.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #6
Phyllis Schlafly had a 100% traditional background of women in her era and never attempted to gain a position of power or challenge traditional gender roles.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #7
Civil Rights leadership were quick to pick up the cause of women’s rights and adopt policies to address inequality of women into their own causes as a major platform.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #8
Please match the term to the most appropriate description. Liberal Feminism
A.   Those that believe society can be fixed through government intervention and providing of opportunities/programs that will help bridge inequalities. The goal of this group is to create and nurture institutions like government funded health-care, child-care, or employed programs that allow for women to participate equally in the economic, social, and political activities of the nation.
B.   Those that believe the entire structure of the system must be broken and rebuilt from the ground up in the order to prevent patriarchal structures and domination. This means language, family-structure, work expectations, beauty standards, and all other societal structures (political, social, economic) must be reworked and rebuilt to create equality.
C.   Those that believe capitalism undermines the idea of equality and helps to create further divides between people based on race, gender, and class. Society must be fixed through equal wages, recognition of invisible labor, recognition of the abuse of people to achieve financial objectives and direct action to bring the end to abusive practices of people of color, women, and developing nations.
D.   Those that believe that society can be changed through reform of the legal system. This type of feminism focuses on individual rights, achieving equal access to opportunities, and pushes for the end of barriers in society/culture based on sex.
Question #9
Please match the term to the most appropriate description. Social Feminism
A.   Those that believe the entire structure of the system must be broken and rebuilt from the ground up in the order to prevent patriarchal structures and domination. This means language, family-structure, work expectations, beauty standards, and all other societal structures (political, social, economic) must be reworked and rebuilt to create equality.
B.   Those that believe capitalism undermines the idea of equality and helps to create further divides between people based on race, gender, and class. Society must be fixed through equal wages, recognition of invisible labor, recognition of the abuse of people to achieve financial objectives and direct action to bring the end to abusive practices of people of color, women, and developing nations.
C.   Those that believe society can be fixed through government intervention and providing of opportunities/programs that will help bridge inequalities. The goal of this group is to create and nurture institutions like government funded health-care, child-care, or employed programs that allow for women to participate equally in the economic, social, and political activities of the nation.
D.   Those that believe that society can be changed through reform of the legal system. This type of feminism focuses on individual rights, achieving equal access to opportunities, and pushes for the end of barriers in society/culture based on sex.
Question #10
Please match the term to the most appropriate description. Marxist Feminism
A.   Those that believe the entire structure of the system must be broken and rebuilt from the ground up in the order to prevent patriarchal structures and domination. This means language, family-structure, work expectations, beauty standards, and all other societal structures (political, social, economic) must be reworked and rebuilt to create equality.
B.   Those that believe capitalism undermines the idea of equality and helps to create further divides between people based on race, gender, and class. Society must be fixed through equal wages, recognition of invisible labor, recognition of the abuse of people to achieve financial objectives and direct action to bring the end to abusive practices of people of color, women, and developing nations.
Question #11
Please match the term to the most appropriate description. Radical Feminism
A.   Those that believe capitalism undermines the idea of equality and helps to create further divides between people based on race, gender, and class. Society must be fixed through equal wages, recognition of invisible labor, recognition of the abuse of people to achieve financial objectives and direct action to bring the end to abusive practices of people of color, women, and developing nations.
B.   Those that believe that society can be changed through reform of the legal system. This type of feminism focuses on individual rights, achieving equal access to opportunities, and pushes for the end of barriers in society/culture based on sex.
C.   Those that believe the entire structure of the system must be broken and rebuilt from the ground up in the order to prevent patriarchal structures and domination. This means language, family-structure, work expectations, beauty standards, and all other societal structures (political, social, economic) must be reworked and rebuilt to create equality.
D.   Those that believe society can be fixed through government intervention and providing of opportunities/programs that will help bridge inequalities. The goal of this group is to create and nurture institutions like government funded health-care, child-care, or employed programs that allow for women to participate equally in the economic, social, and political activities of the nation.

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