Deck 3: Suffrage Accomplished: Women As Political Participants

Question 1

What is one reason that it took so long after the Nineteenth Amendment for women to start voting?

A) All women were subjected to literacy and patriotism tests
B) Grandfather clauses were extended in many states to all women
C) Women had to overcome attitudes that voting is appropriate behavior for women
D) Both political parties ran campaigns to dissuade women from voting

Answer 1

C

Question 2

When did the term "gender gap" originate?

A) During the 1980 presidential election, when Ronald Reagan ran a campaign dominated by his anti-ERA stance
B) When voting barriers were removed in the 1976 extension of the Voting Rights Act
C) In the 1960s, when concerns about the Vietnam War dominated
D) None of these options are correct

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following statements is not true?

A) Women with a college degree are more likely to vote than women with a high school diploma.
B) The proportion of female voters has surpassed the proportion of male voters in every presidential election since 1980.
C) Women's participation in voting tends to decline after fifty-five.
D) The gender gap in voter turnout among African Americans is smaller than the population at large.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Why do some people, regardless of gender, not vote?

A) The ballots are confusing
B) The voting fees are too high
C) People only vote if they are directly contacted by a candidate
D) The registration process can be complicated.

Question 5

What has been investigated as a source of the gender gap?

A) The greater salience of "women's issues" like abortion to women voters
B) The elvoving politics of men
C) The changing employment circumstances and attitudes of women
D) All of these options are correct

Question 6

In which area are women more likely than men to participate politically?

A) Financial contributions
B) Voting
C) Interest group activities
D) Political debate with friends and family

Question 7

Why do women give less to political campaigns?

A) Women make less money than men
B) Women have a different donation limit than men
C) Women only give to female candidates and there are fewer female candidates
D) Women assume that men will give enough money

Question 8

What is an agent of political socialization for girls?

A) family
B) school
C) media
D) All of these options are correct

Question 9

Women who come of age during more active public feminist times are more likely to become feminists themselves

Question 10

What is the motherhood bind?

A) extra taxes that mothers who work must pay for the right to work
B) the belief that mothers can't have enough time and energy for serious work, and if they do, then they must be bad mothers
C) the health insurance penalty women must pay for their reproductive and prenatal care
D) the prevailing belief that only female candidates with children should be allowed to run for office

Question 11

What is EMILY's List?

A) an organization that raises early money for progressive female candidates
B) a list of Congressional members who are supportive of women's policy issues
C) a list of Congressional members who are hostile to women's policy issues
D) a short list of judicial nominees that women's interest groups who will protect reproductive rights on the courts.

Question 12

What is the most important trait for voters in choosing a candidate?

A) Party
B) Competence
C) Ideology
D) Appearance

Question 13

What was the event that mobilized women to run in greater numbers for the 1992 election?

A) Hillary Clinton's prospective term as First Lady
B) The Tailhook scandal
C) The treatment of Anita Hill at the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings
D) Promises of more women in government by Bill Clinton's campaign

Question 14

Female candidates automatically attract more votes from women because of their shared gender,

Question 15

What is the main focus of the National Organization for Women (NOW)?

A) ending sexism through legislation and court actions
B) increasing Republican female candidates
C) increasing attentiveness to policies that benefit women
D) they do research for scholarly reports on the state of women in education

Question 16

The ___________________ was the catalyst for the dramatic growth of voter registrations among African American women.

Question 17

The ________ __________ occurs when women as a group voter significantly different than men.

Question 18

The term "__________" was coined to describe female voters who supported George W. Bush and his terrorism policies.

Question 19

________________ is the process by which girls and boys learn to differentiate between the sexes and act according to the norms and expectations appropriate to their sex.

Question 20

__________________ ties an individual woman's interests to those of other women.

Question 21

Younger women vote more than young men. So, why do younger women not express as much ambition to participate in politics?

Question 22

Discuss how the gender gap in elections calculated and the typical margin for male to female voters in a Presidential election.

Question 23

Why are women less interested than men in politics?

Question 24

What are some of the structural barriers to women's participation?

Question 25

What are some of the cultural messages women receive that limit their participation?

Question 26

Discuss two of the positive methods of gender socialization used for girls today?

Question 27

What are some of the implications for judging candidates by appearance for female candidates?

Question 28

What is the main premise of Sherrye Henry's The Deep Divide?

Question 29

Discuss some of the ways that women are not engaging in politics and why. Does it make a difference to women's equality that women are not as engaged in politics, other than voting?

Question 30

Discuss and compare the different strategies of women's organizations to promote women's political participation