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Women's Movement Review

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
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1.

This was the name of the organization that fought for Women's Rights

a)

NAACP

b)

SNCC

c)

NOW

d)

Black Panters

2.

Which of the views would accurately reflect the dominant male view of women in the 1950s

a)

A capable individual able to lead companies

b)

Their role was to stay at home and raise the children

c)

Women deserved as as much pay as men in the workplace

d)

They were valued employees and assets to any company

3.

Betty Friedan wrote what book in 1963 that became the symbol for the Women's Rights Movement?

a)

The Feminine Mystique

b)

Das Kapital

c)

The Trouble with Women

d)

Walden Pond

4.

Pictures like the one here suggest that in the 1960s

a)

Women who called for equal rights were a relatively small subset of the general population

b)

A silent majority allowed to the passage of major legislation to help women

c)

Most men supported the actions taken by women

d)

Women used similar methods as the Civil Rights Movement to push for equality

5.

Which of the groups would have been most likely to have made the quote below?


We believe that the protection guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution to the civil rights of all individuals, must be effectively applied and enforced to isolate and remove patterns of sex discrimination, to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and education....

a)

NAACP

b)

Black Panthers

c)

NOW

d)

AIM

6.

The case that legalized abortion was

a)

Plessy v Ferguson

b)

Roe v Wade

c)

Miranda v Arizona

d)

Tinker v Des Moines

7.

Quotes like the one below supported the idea that a women's job


PREPARE YOURSELF: Take fifteen minutes to rest so that you will be refreshed when he arrives. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people. Be a little gay and a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift. Greet him with a smile.


CLEAR AWAY THE CLUTTER: Make one last trip though the main part of the house just before your husband arrives, gathering up children's books and toys, papers, etc. Then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you lift too.

a)

Provide a 2nd income to the home

b)

Care for the home and be pleasing to the husband

c)

Decrease the chance for injury in the home

d)

Allow for increase travel time to work

8.

The idea that men make more than women is referred to as

a)

The Wage Gap

b)

Sexism

c)

Racism

d)

Imbalanced Wealth

9.

Which of the following would be an accurate thesis for The Feminine Mystique

a)

Women enjoyed their lives as mothers and cooks

b)

A decreasing percentage of women believed they should hold full time jobs

c)

Women were unhappy living a live of caring for the home and children

d)

A vast majority of men supported women taking leadership positions in politics