Chapter 28

Quiz for Chapter Twenty-Eight Analyzing Voices: Debating the Equal Rights Amendment

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Question 1

What does Phyllis Schlafly believe is a fundamental right of all women?A. Equal pay for equal work
B. Freedom from discrimination in employment
C. The protection and support of men
D. Full equality with men

Question 2

According to Phyllis Schlafly, why did feminists support the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)?A. They hated men and aimed to destroy marriage and the family.
B. They wanted to end discrimination against women in the workforce.
C. They sought to require all women to work outside of their homes.
D. They hoped to take over the government of the United States.

Question 3

Which of the following statements represents Jerry Falwell’s perspective on women’s status?A. Women are already men’s full equals.
B. Women are naturally inferior to men.
C. Women and men are fundamentally different.
D. Women are superior to men.

Question 4

Falwell suggested that women who supported the ERA did so for which of the following reasons?A. ERA supporters did not want to submit to their husbands.
B. ERA supporters were bored with life and suffered from spiritual problems.
C. ERA supporters had experienced discrimination in the workplace.
D. ERA supporters were neurotic and sexually unfulfilled.

Question 5

When Elizabeth Duncan Koontz remarked in 1977 that women “have mistaken present practice for law” and “assumed too many times that their present condition cannot change,” she was referring to what?A. The fact that women earned only 59 cents to every dollar a man made
B. The expectation that women should bear and stay home with children
C. Women’s difficulty gaining access to jobs that had been traditionally defined as male
D. Women’s ability to rely on male breadwinners for economic support

Question 6

By embracing the ERA as an immediate and effective federal remedy against sex discrimination in federal and state laws, Caroline Bird was adopting a strategy pioneered by which of the following women’s organizations of the 1910s?A. National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
B. National Woman’s Party
C. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
D. Women’s Trade Union League