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The outcome of the feminist campaign for the ERA can be most accurately described as follows: |
| | A) | The ERA was ratified in 1980, with a three-vote margin. |
| | B) | The ERA was defeated in 1982, three states short of ratification. |
| | C) | The ERA was rejected by the Supreme Court in 1982, by a 5:4 vote. |
| | D) | The campaign to ratify the ERA continued until 1989. |
| | E) | The campaign to ratify the ERA continued through the 1990s. |
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In the case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), the U.S. Supreme Court |
| | A) | upheld Pennsylvania limits on abortion but upheld Roe v. Wade. |
| | B) | upheld Pennsylvania limits on abortion and overturned Roe v. Wade. |
| | C) | invalidated Pennsylvania limits on abortion and overturned Roe v. Wade. |
| | D) | invalidated Pennsylvania limits on abortion and upheld Roe v. Wade. |
| | E) | turned the controversy over abortion back to the states. |
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The U.S. Supreme Court case of Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson (1986) involved the issue of |
| | A) | state abortion restriction. |
| | B) | affirmative action in hiring. |
| | C) | maternity leave for women workers. |
| | D) | sexual harassment. |
| | E) | pornography vs. free speech. |
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In her influential book, In a Different Voice (1982), psychologist Carol Gilligan contended that |
| | A) | the language of law privileges men and endorses male-dominated culture. |
| | B) | men and women have different moral sensibilities. |
| | C) | feminism should pay more attention to family life. |
| | D) | conservative forces had sabotaged feminism since 1980. |
| | E) | women should be judged by the norms established for men. |
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The "Family Leave" law signed by President Clinton in 1993 provided |
| | A) | a voluntary policy that employers might adopt to offer unpaid leave to full-time workers. |
| | B) | several months of unpaid maternity leave for pregnant women workers. |
| | C) | several months of unpaid leave for pregnancy, temporary disability, or to care for family members. |
| | D) | several months of paid leave for pregnancy, temporary disability, or to care for family members. |
| | E) | several months of paid leave for either parent to care for a child or children. |
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The term "comparable worth" or "pay equity" refers most accurately to |
| | A) | a campaign for equal pay for equal work. |
| | B) | a campaign to raise the minimum wage for women workers. |
| | C) | a campaign to raise the hourly pay of part-time employees. |
| | D) | a campaign to pay homemakers the same wages as office workers. |
| | E) | a campaign to raise pay levels in occupations in which women predominate. |
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The phrase "mommy track" refers most specifically to |
| | A) | a congressional law to help women balance home and work responsibilities. |
| | B) | a business school program for working mothers. |
| | C) | a campaign for women of young children to remain in the home, not the office. |
| | D) | a two-track plan for women executives to help employers avoid the high cost of turnover. |
| | E) | the hectic life of the working mother with pre-school children. |
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Trends in family life in the 1980s and 1990s included all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | a decline in age at marriage. |
| | B) | a rise in the number of couples "living together." |
| | C) | an increase in the number of same-sex households. |
| | D) | a rise in the number of women living alone. |
| | E) | a rise in the number of young women who were single. |
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"No-fault divorce" refers most specifically to |
| | A) | a type of state law under which divorced parents share the custody of children. |
| | B) | a type of state law that governs the break-up of a marriage with no children. |
| | C) | a type of state law under which courts hold neither party responsible for the break-up of a marriage. |
| | D) | a type of state law to regulate the separation of same-sex partners. |
| | E) | a type of divorce in which the wife receives most of the couple's resources. |
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The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 did the following: |
| | A) | curbed welfare costs, capped welfare payments, and cut benefits to recipients who had not found jobs in two years |
| | B) | required all single mothers collecting unemployment insurance to find jobs within two years or lose benefits |
| | C) | continued the policies that had been established under Aid to Families with Dependent Children |
| | D) | insured that welfare benefits to poor women and children rose 600 percent |
| | E) | provided temporary pensions to widows or wives of disabled men |
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Which of the following statements accurately describes patterns of immigration to the United States in the last three decades of the twentieth century? |
| | A) | Men outnumbered women among adult immigrants. |
| | B) | Few women immigrants joined the labor force. |
| | C) | Women immigrants who found jobs expected lower pay and fewer opportunities than in their countries of origin. |
| | D) | Few immigrants arrived with education or skills. |
| | E) | Women outnumbered men among adult immigrants. |
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Analysts of the "gender gap" in American politics after 1980 tried to explain why |
| | A) | more women than men were registered voters. |
| | B) | more women than men who registered to vote actually voted. |
| | C) | more women than men served as delegates at political conventions. |
| | D) | more women than men supported Democratic policies. |
| | E) | more men than women voiced strong political opinions. |
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Anita Hill's testimony at Clarence Thomas's confirmation hearings in 1991 preceded the following development: |
| | A) | an end to public hearings for nominees to the Supreme Court |
| | B) | no further appointments of women to federal court posts |
| | C) | no further appointments of women to the U.S. Supreme Court |
| | D) | a decrease in the number of women candidates for Congress in 1992 |
| | E) | an increase in the number of women candidates for Congress in 1992 |
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As an attorney in the 1970s, Ruth Bader Ginsberg fought in federal court for |
| | A) | a continuation of welfare policies under Aid to Families with Dependent Children. |
| | B) | judicial approval of the "mommy track" as a guideline for employers. |
| | C) | the conviction of large corporations that had discriminated against woman job applicants. |
| | D) | the right of states to favor women applicants in hiring and promotion. |
| | E) | equal treatment for men and women under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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The U.S. Supreme Court case of United States v. Virginia involved |
| | A) | whether a state-supported college might remain a single-sex men's school. |
| | B) | whether men might attend a state-supported school for women. |
| | C) | whether private colleges for men had to admit women. |
| | D) | whether private colleges for women had to admit men. |
| | E) | whether U.S. military academies had to continue to admit women. |
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