Quiz 5

A  It was the year when four Los Angeles police officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King, an African-American construction worker.

B  All of these

C  She met with Mayor Maynard Jackson, Atlanta’s first Black Mayor, and castigated his record and his leadership on police violence and civil rights

D  Abrams organized her fellow students to call out the news networks for their portrayal of the events

A  False

B  True

A  False

B  True

A  policies on registration such as voter-I.D. laws and voter-roll purges

B  the restriction of number of polling stations

C  the use of faulty voting machines

D  All of these

A  lower levels of education and technical skills

B  lack of campaign financing

C  limited enforcement of gender equality laws

D  All of these

E  persistent gender stereotypes and patriarchal attitudes such as suspicion by the community and husbands that the women go to work to meet men

A  the end of patriarchal culture in post-genocide Rwanda

B  Rwandan women’s literacy rate rising by 20 percent in the last decade

C  none of these

D  The post-genocide constitution setting aside a quota of 30% women in all decision making bodies

A  Partially effective in increasing women’s participation in politics since the 1990s, but still has its shortcomings

B  Fully ineffective in helping reduce gender disparity in politics

C  Only a Western invention

D  Fully effective and have almost erased gender bias in politics

A  Equals of African, Asian and indigenous men

B  Opposite to their constructions of African and other men of color who were seen as animal like and threatening

C  Irrational individuals who by nature were least suited to ruling both women and non-White men

D  All of these

A  None of these

B  Insisted that women work both inside and outside of the homes

C  Wanted women to work public jobs but without pay

D  Assigned women to the home and reframed her political work as situated firmly within the home

A  They were uneducated and unfit to be given equal rights

B  Most male revolutionaries saw women as dangerous, corrupt, and a threat to the political order

C  Most male revolutionaries believed in the rights of women and children

D  They were not interested in gaining rights

A  They were seen unfit for self governance. Both groups were believed to be lower in the natural hierarchy of humankind. Because women and people of color were not smart enough

B  All of these

C  They were seen unfit for self governance. Both groups were believed to be lower in the natural hierarchy of humankind. It allowed white men to secure and maintain power for themselves

D  Both groups were believed to be lower in the natural hierarchy of humankind.Because women and people of color were not smart enough

A  The fact that men have historically used the state to strengthen their own power and ban women from political participation

B  Women’s abilities to give birth

C  None of these

D  Women’s insecurities