History 111 - The Women in America » Spring 2020 » Quiz 7 to 8

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Question #1
Which of these books did Betty Friedan write? 
A.   U.S. Feminism Unfinished
B.   The Problem that Has No Name
C.   The Feminine Mystique
D.   The History of Feminism
Question #2
What does NOW stand for?
A.   Woman Power NOW
B.   National Organization for Work
C.   National Organization for Women
D.   National Organized Women
Question #3
What was activism of the 1960's a response to?
A.   Women's Labor Unions
B.   the increase of women in the workforce
C.   the presidential election
D.   Conformity of the 1950's
Question #4
What job did Dorothea Lange's mother have that enabled her to support herself and her children without a husband?
A.   Librarian
B.   Photographer
C.   Police officer
D.   Teacher
Question #5
What did Dorothea Lange's first husband do for a living?
A.   he was a lawyer
B.   she was never married
C.   he was an artist
D.   he was a movie star
Question #6
What type of people did Dorothea Lange photograph during the Great Depression?
A.   migrant farm workers
B.   Mexican immigrants
C.   Government officials
D.   wealthy families
Question #7
Which of these is a legacy of feminist from the 1960's and 1970's?
A.   they helped to pass the Equal Rights Amendment
B.   they gained federally funded child care
C.   they gained equal pay for women
D.   they created language to describe the issues they were dealing with
Question #8
Which of these is something that most feminists agreed on in the 1970's?
A.   the right to safe and legal abortion
B.   all options are correct
C.   equal opportunities in education and employment
D.   the right to accessible and affordable child care
Question #9
What is something that women learned from the women's rights movement?
A.   the personal is political
B.   women could not relate to each other's problems
C.   the personal and political are never related
D.   personal problems should not be discussed
Question #10
In 1968 what event did women protest by "burning" objects of women's oppression? 
A.   the Presidential inauguration
B.   at a Black Panther rally
C.   The Miss America Pageant
D.   the Olympics
Question #11
Which is the correct definition of feminism?
A.   the theory that women should be politically superior to men
B.   the theory of the social and economic superiority of women
C.   The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes
D.   the theory of smashing the patriarchy
Question #12
Which of these was created to prohibit the discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin? 
A.   Feminist anarchists
B.   The Voting Rights Act of 1964
C.   Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
D.   The Anti-Discriminatory Act
Question #13
Who wrote the ERA in 1923?
A.   Betty Friedan
B.   Margaret Sanger
C.   Ida B. Wells
D.   Alice Paul
Question #14
What does ERA stand for?
A.   Equity Reliance Administration
B.   Equality Right Away
C.   Equal Rights Amendment
D.   Equality Rights Administration
Question #15
What year was the ERA ratified?
A.   1923
B.   1968
C.   It was never ratified
D.   1972
Question #16
Who led the "Stop ERA" campaign? 
A.   Phyllis Schlafly
B.   Dorothea Lange
C.   Lucy Burns
D.   Betty Friedan
Question #17
What were women protesting in 1968 by burning "objects of women's oppression"? 
A.   for legal abortion
B.   pro life
C.   beauty standards set for women
D.   against marriage
Question #18
Based on the film "She's Beautiful When She's Angry" how did people react to women when they announced that they were starting a Women's Rights movement? 
A.   the media fully supported the women
B.   no one noticed
C.   young men opposed it and yelled obscenities at the women
D.   men fully supported the women
Question #19
Based on the film "She's Beautiful When She's Angry" what is the Lavender Menace related to?
A.   lesbian women who were not fully included in the women's rights movement
B.   young college women who protested against motherhood
C.   women's protest against marriage
D.   lesbian women who were fully included in the women's rights movement

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