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Quiz for Progressivism and Social Control

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Choose the best answer to each question.

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1. Inherent in Frances Willard’s account (Document 19.5) is an argument that women hold a certain advantage over men. What is this advantage?

Feminine kindness

The ability to give birth

Strong-minded optimism

Moral superiority

Correct: The answer is d. Willard argues that women are morally superior to men.

Incorrect: The answer is d. Willard argues that women are morally superior to men.

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2. What tactics did the U.S. Public Health Service use to dissuade adolescent boys from engaging in sexual intercourse (see Document 19.6)?

It listed the worst possible effects matter-of-factly.

It used a moral argument against promiscuity.

It used racial stereotypes to characterize sexually promiscuous women.

It relied on patriarchal gender roles to influence adolescent boys.

Correct: The answer is a. The Public Health Service listed many of the possible diseases that could result from sexual promiscuity in order to deter young men from engaging in such behavior.

Incorrect: The answer is a. The Public Health Service listed many of the possible diseases that could result from sexual promiscuity in order to deter young men from engaging in such behavior.

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3. Who could be lawfully sterilized in Indiana in 1907 (see Document 19.7)?

A criminal inmate with an extremely violent crime history

A serial rapist who had shown an improved criminal disposition

A mentally retarded inmate whose mental faculties were progressively worsening

A murderer who killed his wife in an instance of blind rage

Correct: The answer is c. A mentally retarded inmate whose mental faculties were progressively worsening could be lawfully sterilized in Indiana in 1907.

Incorrect: The answer is c. A mentally retarded inmate whose mental faculties were progressively worsening could be lawfully sterilized in Indiana in 1907.

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4. Who was denied admission into the United States by the Immigration Act of 1917 (see Document 19.8)?

A person who came to America because he or she was promised a job

A child traveling with one parent

Any persons coming from a Jewish background

Women traveling without husbands

Correct: The answer is a. A person who came to America because he or she was promised a job could be denied admission into the United States.

Incorrect: The answer is a. A person who came to America because he or she was promised a job could be denied admission into the United States.

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5. What was the argument of the cartoonist who penned "Sanitary Precaution" (see Document 19.9)?

Blacks are genetically predisposed to be disease carriers.

Blacks should live in average white homes to limit disease.

Blacks are disease carriers because they are unclean by nature.

Blacks are disease carriers simply because they are poor and cannot afford clean housing.

Correct: The answer is c. The cartoonist argued that blacks are disease carriers because they are unclean by nature.

Incorrect: The answer is c. The cartoonist argued that blacks are disease carriers because they are unclean by nature.