Deck 10: Politics, Prison, and the Military

Question 1

Studies show that, as politicians, _________ tend to address women's interests more often and also tend to secure more funding for their districts they represent.

A) Democrats
B) Republican women
C) Democratic women
D) Women regardless of party affiliation

Answer 1

D

Question 2

How do men and women in the United States vote differently?

A) Men are more likely to favor white candidates; women are more likely to favor candidates of color.
B) Women are more likely to favor white candidates; men are more likely to favor candidates of color.
C) More men vote Democrat; more women vote Republican.
D) More men vote Republican; more women vote Democrat.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The ______ Amendment of U.S. Constitution, by law, gave black men the right to vote. The ______ Amendment granted voting rights to women.

A) 15^th/19^th
B) 13^th/ 15^th
C) 19^th/ 13^th
D) 15^th/21st

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What is the radical model of political reform?

A) A model that sees women as deficient and seeks to remedy their shortcomings
B) A model that emphasizes the need for policies that can give women a "leg up" to overcome historical discrimination
C) A model that claims that women should take over the U.S. government
D) A model that asserts that the system may need major overhauling

Question 5

Men make up _____ % of those who are arrested.

A) 51
B) 60
C) 75
D) 90

Question 6

What percent of the U.S. prison population is women?

A) Less than 10%
B) 15%
C) 22%
D) 35%

Question 7

In what year did the U.S. military began lifting its bans on women in combat?

A) 1947
B) 1973
C) 1997
D) 2016

Question 8

What is "Women in Black"?

A) A group of military widows
B) A militant women's rights group
C) A female Black Power contingent
D) An international women's peace organization

Question 9

The _____ model for reforming government to increase women's participation holds women responsible for change and believes that, if women run successful campaigns, they will be elected.

A) Meritocratic
B) Affirmative Action
C) Radical
D) Feminist

Question 10

According to 2018 data, in which of the following three nations were women more than 50% of legislators (the three highest in the world)?

A) Iceland, Sweden, and Norway
B) Iceland, Finland, and the Netherlands
C) Rwanda, Cuba, and Bolivia
D) Rwanda, Iceland, and the United States

Question 11

When female candidates are scrutinized unfairly in media, a bystander effect may result. What does this refer to?

A) More women are compelled to run for office as a way of challenging unfair stereotypes.
B) Other women are discouraged from running for office for fear of similar treatment.
C) Voters exposed to the media coverage are less likely to vote for these candidates.
D) Other media organizations are likely to provide negative coverage as well.

Question 12

The _____ theory for explaining why more men are arrested and incarcerated than women says that women commit crimes at much higher rates than they are arrested but are treated more leniently by police and courts.

A) masculinity
B) opportunity
C) economic marginalization
D) chivalry

Question 13

What was DADT (don't ask, don't tell)?

A) A policy that made it legal for gay men and lesbians to serve in the U.S. military
B) A policy that ended routine investigation of service members' sexuality.
C) A policy that ended the practice of investigating gender harassment in the military.
D) Both a. and b. are correct.

Question 14

Gender harassment differs from sexual harassment in that it __________.

A) is perpetrated by women against other women
B) is used to police traditional gender roles and make violators feel unwelcome
C) is not necessarily sexual
D) Both b. and c. are correct.

Question 15

Many military insiders believe that a prominent factor explaining high rates of mistreatment and bias against women in the military is male service members' perception that __________.

A) women are allowed to perform to lower physical standards than men.
B) women and men cannot work together in combat settings without men becoming sexually distracted.
C) gender equality is taking place too quickly with women constituting nearly half of all new recruits in nearly every branch of the military.
D) All of the above.

Question 16

Political parties and states that reserve a certain proportion of appointed and elected seats for women are attempting to address gender inequality in politics through a ________ gender reform model.

A) Democratic
B) meritocratic
C) affirmative action
D) radical

Question 17

Who was the first woman elected to Congress in the United States?

A) Carol Mosley Braun of Illinois in 1993
B) Patricia Shroeder of Colorado in 1973
C) Shirley Chisholm of New York in 1969
D) Jeanette Rankin of Montana in 1916

Question 18

Ninety percent of fathers who are incarcerated report that their children are being cared for by their children's mothers. Mothers who are incarcerated most often report that their children's _________ are taking care of their children.

A) fathers
B) foster parents
C) grandmothers
D) aunts

Question 19

_______ was the first nation to grant women suffrage in 1893, but it did not extend these rights to the indigenous women of the nation.

A) New Zealand
B) Australia
C) Canada
D) The United States