Deck 3: The Family in Historical Perspective

Question 1

Which of the following is true of the work roles in early colonial families of the United States?

A) Only women were allowed to care for children while men worked in the fields.
B) Husbands and wives often worked side by side.
C) Children were not allowed to work.
D) Much of men's work involved tending toward children.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is true as a difference between contemporary children and Puritan children of Colonial America?

A) Unlike contemporary children, Puritan children were not believed to be born with original sin.
B) Unlike contemporary children, Puritan children were expected to be extraordinarily well behaved, and docile.
C) Unlike contemporary children, Puritan children were encouraged to question the government's authority, and scripture.
D) Unlike contemporary children, Puritan children were not allowed to attend school till they reached puberty.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following groups of people were made to come to America involuntarily?

A) American Indians
B) Irish Americans
C) Asian Americans
D) African Americans

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In general, divorce among the Zuñis and the Tetons was ________.

A) not acceptable by the laws of the land
B) rare because divorcees were looked down upon
C) not necessary as there was no formal marriage
D) easy to accomplish and fairly common

Question 5

________ were the most prevalent family form in the first English-speaking settlements in the United States.

A) Extended families
B) Communes
C) Single parent families
D) Nuclear families

Question 6

The colonial American custom where a fully dressed couple spent the night in a bed together that was separated by a wooden board was referred to as ________.

A) camping
B) dating
C) bundling
D) swaddling

Question 7

Which of the following is true of the family structures of early American Indian societies?

A) No groups practiced monogamy.
B) Most marriages were polygynous.
C) The majority of tribes were matrilineal.
D) Marriages and customs differed from tribe to tribe.

Question 8

Which of the following is the most accurate statement about premarital sex during colonial times?

A) It was prevalent during casual dates.
B) It was very rare; everyone waited until marriage.
C) It was common among engaged couples.
D) It was encouraged and not considered as taboo.

Question 9

How did the family structure evolve from the 1970s?

Question 10

In the 19th century, "true women" were expected to be ________.

A) submissive
B) ambitious
C) independent
D) lazy

Question 11

The Great Depression had the most devastating effect on ________.

A) government employees
B) wealthy families
C) poor families
D) upper middle-class families

Question 12

A woman who believes in the cult of domesticity is also likely to believe that ________.

A) a wife's employment must be essential to a family's economic advancement
B) the responsibility of a family's financial survival solely rests on the husband
C) children born out of nonmarital relations should be allowed to stay with the mother
D) a woman should be given a divorce if she falls out of love with her husband

Question 13

Liza was widowed during the colonial era.Which of the following economic rights would have Liza enjoyed during the colonial era that she could share with her counterparts in the modern era?

A) She would have had easy access to credit.
B) She could have sued to collect debts.
C) She could have run a home-based business.
D) She could have owned land properties.

Question 14

Jane and Collin were married during the Colonial period, and their relationship was very characteristic of this era.Which of the following is likely to be true of their relationship?

A) Jane and Collin would have had an egalitarian relationship.
B) Collin could have used incompatibility as a ground for divorce.
C) Jane would have been subordinate to Collin.
D) Collin would've had to accept Jane's authority as law.

Question 15

In the 19th century, childhood changed in that ________.

A) adults began to view and treat children as "miniature adults"
B) children became more involved in industrial jobs
C) children began to spend more time playing than working
D) the level of physical punishment increased

Question 16

Which of the following is true of family structures in the first English-speaking settlements in the United States?

A) Elderly grandparents always lived with their families.
B) Most households were made up of extended families for long periods.
C) The age difference between children was often large.
D) Families generally had one or two children.

Question 17

Which of the following is a reason for the small size of most American Indian families in early America?

A) Children were seen as burdens.
B) A primitive form of contraception was in use.
C) Infant and child death rates were high.
D) Infertility was common among them.

Question 18

Which of the following has a parent from the baby boomer generation?

A) Stella, whose mother was born in 1934
B) Stan, whose mother was born in 1914
C) Mark, whose father was born in 1954
D) Melinda, whose father was born in 1994

Question 19

Which of the following is true of marriage customs of early American Indians?

A) Women usually married after they reached adulthood.
B) Men usually married as soon as they reached puberty.
C) Men and women were not allowed to choose their own partners.
D) Men had to prove their ability to support a family to get married.

Question 20

Approximately 25 percent of North American Indian tribes were ________, which means that children traced their family descent through their mother's line rather than through that of the father.

A) patrilineal
B) matrilineal
C) gynarchies
D) androcracies

Question 21

Thalia is raised in a typical Mexican American family.Thalia's family maintains the tradition of kinship between her parents, siblings, and her godparents-Lilia and Juan.This practice of close relationship between parents, siblings, and godparents is referred to as ________.

A) verstehen
B) compadrazgo
C) bundling
D) cloistering

Question 22

Miguel belonged to a Mexican American family.Miguel's family practiced compadrazgo among his family members, and godparents.Which of the following refers to compadres in Miguel's compadrazgo?

A) both his siblings and his parents
B) only his parents
C) only his godparents
D) only his siblings

Question 23

Maggie, was an African American slave who worked at a plantation.Her typical day included a full day of domestic chores plus a full day of work outside the home.She also acted as mammy to the plantation owner's children, apart from raising her own children.Maggie was experiencing a situation referred to as ________.

A) paradigm shift
B) placebo effect
C) Hawthorne effect
D) second shift

Question 24

Valentina was a Mexican immigrant in 19?? century America.She lived in a nuclear family that had a very close relationship with Maria and Carlos, two other immigrants, who acted as godparents to Valentina.Maria and Carlos were always very warm and affectionate toward Valentina, who in turn, respected and loved them.Valentina's family is an example of a family that practiced ________.

A) misogyny
B) misandry
C) compadrazgo
D) androcide

Question 25

Which of the following was a consequence of the United States annexing territories in the West and Southwest that were originally part of Mexico?

A) Mexicans became wealthy by selling their land to American farmers, and became successful traders.
B) The federal government assisted displaced Mexican families in buying new homes.
C) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ensured that no Mexican family lost its properties.
D) Land speculators defrauded countless Mexican landowners.

Question 26

Which of the following is true of President Thomas Jefferson's stance on slavery of African Americans?

A) He publicly supported slavery till he died.
B) He allowed intermarriage between whites and African Americans.
C) He believed that early African Americans had to be kept away to retain the beauty of the white race.
D) He did not own any slaves personally, although he allowed his family and friends to own them.

Question 27

Casilde, a young woman with a college degree, has frequent arguments with her aunt, Martha, who tries to advise her on womanhood.If Martha's ideal of womanhood is strongly influenced by the cult of domesticity, which of the following is Martha most likely to do?

A) She is likely to encourage Casilde to pursue a career before she begins a family.
B) She is likely to discourage Casilde from getting married early and get more involved in public life.
C) She is likely to ask Casilde to balance her career goals with her family needs.
D) She is likely to persuade Casilde to give up her job and learn the art of managing a house.

Question 28

Rafael claims that the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo benefited the United States more than it did Mexico.Which of the following is an accurate statement that strengthens Rafael's claims?

A) The provisions of the treaty guaranteed security of property for Mexican landowners.
B) Despite the treaty, the US government confiscated the land of most Mexican families in the territory.
C) The treaty ensured that Mexican landowners were not defrauded by land speculators.
D) Despite the treaty, Mexicans grew wealthy by the sale of their properties to American farmers.

Question 29

Which of the following is a consequence of Europeans invading the early American settlements?

A) The American Indian tribes prospered through industrialization.
B) The European missionaries were responsible for some of the cultural destruction.
C) The Europeans helped most tribes survive epidemics through medical support.
D) The European invaders prevented the tribes from killing each other in war.

Question 30

Which of the following is a consequence of extensive mechanization caused by the industrial revolution?

A) Mexican and Asian laborers prospered.
B) European immigrants felt severe pressure on family life.
C) White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant (WASP) families suffered the most.
D) Large-scale factory production shifted to home manufacturing.

Question 31

Roberto was a Mexican immigrant in 19?? century America.He lived in a nuclear family with his brother, Juan.His family had a very close relationship with Augusto and Alicia, two other immigrants, who acted as godparents to Roberto and Juan.Augusto and Alicia were always very warm and affectionate toward Roberto, who in turn, respected and loved them.In this scenario, which of the following were acting as compadre(s)to Roberto?

A) Roberto's parents and Juan
B) Roberto's parents
C) Augusto and Alicia
D) only Juan

Question 32

Early Mexican society was characterized by __________.

A) familism
B) existentialism
C) consumerism
D) individualism

Question 33

In the South, most slave women over age 10 worked ________.

A) in "the big house"
B) as mammies to field owners' children
C) as domestic servants
D) in the fields

Question 34

In Mexican cultures, the concept of __________ stresses male attributes such as dominance, assertiveness, pride, and sexual prowess.

A) familism
B) machismo
C) compadrazgo
D) vigilantism

Question 35

Which of the following happened to African American families after emancipation?

A) Many mothers set out to find children from whom they had been separated many years earlier.
B) Couples didn't bother to legitimize their marriages as the fee was equal to two weeks' pay.
C) Kinship between family members quickly weakened and a majority of families broke up.
D) Communication between single black men who migrated to the North and their families in the South stopped completely.

Question 36

During the 1800s, Mexican men typically worked as ________.

A) garment manufacturers
B) live-in-house servants
C) canning and packing laborers
D) miners

Question 37

In southern colonies, it was difficult for a slave to find a spouse because ________.

A) most slaves did not want to marry another slave
B) very small number of slaves lived on each plantation
C) many slaves preferred to live together rather than get legally married
D) most slaved lived away from their masters

Question 38

Chu'a, a young boy of the Comanche tribe, fasts throughout the day and undergoes some purifying rituals.He then finds an isolated place atop a butte and waits for guidance from a supernatural being to instruct him on his responsibilities as an adult.This is an example of ________.

A) a séance
B) a penance
C) a vision quest
D) Peyote worship

Question 39

Which of the following is true of early Mexican American families?

A) Boys did not share domestic chores.
B) Girls were expected to be educated.
C) The female head of the family had all the authority.
D) Women were considered guardians of family traditions.

Question 40

During the 1800s, Mexican women typically worked ________.

A) as miners
B) on the railroads
C) in canning houses
D) in low-level urban occupations

Question 41

Which of the following is true of the family structure during the 1970s and the 1980s compared to the 1960s?

A) Families had higher birth rates than in the sixties.
B) Families had lower divorce rates than in the sixties.
C) More women entered colleges than in the sixties.
D) More married couples had children at a younger age than in the sixties.

Question 42

During the golden fifties, marriage and child care experts typically advised women to ________.

A) be assertive and demand that their husbands participate in child care
B) pursue an active career to be more satisfied individuals
C) please their husbands and be full-time homemakers
D) get a college education in order to be better wives and mothers

Question 43

Sarah grew up in the first set of companionate families that emerged at the turn of the 20th century.Compared to her grandparents, her parents were likely to be ________.

A) more focused on the importance of mutual affection
B) less focused on sexual attraction between partners
C) less focused on communication between parents and children
D) more focused on physical punishments as a way of discipline

Question 44

Which of the following is a similarity between women who lived during World War II and the women of the 1980s?

A) They were expected to be responsible only for domestic chores.
B) They were free of domestic violence.
C) They worked outside homes even if they had children.
D) They had equal opportunities for education.

Question 45

With regard to employment during World War II, black women ________.

A) took over the domestic work left by other women
B) made the least economic gains of all women
C) were not allowed to work in factories
D) were recruited into high-paying jobs

Question 46

The Adams owned a home, which was part of the suburbs during the 1950s.Which of the following is likely to be a reason for the Adams to have bought a house in the suburbs in the 1950s?

A) The federal government underwrote the construction of homes in the suburbs.
B) Veterans were offered homes at the same rate as the general public in the suburbs.
C) There was a very small demand for housing during this period.
D) Low-income mortgages were not available to the public during this period.

Question 47

Sarah, a sociology student, believes that the golden fifties was the best period in American history.Which of the following is an accurate statement that weakens Sarah's belief?

A) Open homosexuality was socially accepted.
B) The consumption of tranquilizers was incredibly high.
C) Domestic violence was nonexistent.
D) About 80% of mothers had paying jobs.

Question 48

Stanley was born in 1990, his father was born in 1950, and his sister was born in 1978.Which of the following in Stanley's family would come under the baby boomer generation?

A) Stanley's father
B) Stanley's sister
C) both Stanley and his sister
D) only Stanley

Question 49

Sam believes that the 1950s was indeed golden, a time when families flourished and the economy grew.Derek argues that this popular belief is a myth.Which of the following is an accurate statement that strengthens Derek's argument?

A) Consumerism was spread equally across the lower, middle, and upper class.
B) Discrimination against the blacks and other minorities was minimal.
C) Domestic violence and child abuse, although widespread, were invisible.
D) Childcare services were widely available during this period.

Question 50

Which of the following is true of the family structure since the late 1990s?

A) The number of one-parent households increased.
B) The number of married people in the population increased.
C) The number of two-income families decreased.
D) The number of adult children living with their parents decreased.

Question 51

Why were American women encouraged to work outside the home during World War II?

A) The second wave of the feminist movement led to women finally been seen as capable workers.
B) There was a scarcity of workers as a lot of men had been drafted to fight in the war.
C) Women were perceived to be good workers after they were employed during World War I.
D) Women preferred to work as volunteers rather than paid workers.

Question 52

_______ was an ideology that arose in America during the Industrial Revolution, and which viewed women as having less vigor and force than men and therefore deemed less suited to public life.

A) Compadrazgo
B) Helicopter parenting
C) The cult of domesticity
D) Superwoman

Question 53

Kate is a homosexual.If she was born in the golden fifties, she would most likely to have been ________.

A) accepted without discrimination
B) popular and looked upon
C) imprisoned as an offender
D) forced to keep it a secret

Question 54

During the Great Depression, many men and women who had been raised on the farms moved to the cities.Young women were more likely to find jobs there because ________.

A) there was a demand for low-paid domestic help
B) rural women were more adept at factory work
C) there was a demand for inexpensive midwives
D) women were perceived to be more productive than men

Question 55

Which of the following is true of the similarity between women in the 1950s and the women during rise of urbanization in early 19?? century?

A) They were not allowed get divorce for their husbands' bigamy.
B) They were motivated to go to colleges and earn degrees.
C) They were encouraged to devote their lives to being good wives and nurturing mothers.
D) They were expected to be responsible for the family's economic survival.

Question 56

Rosa's grandmother, Anarosa, recounted her stories as a laborer in the 1890s.If Anarosa's stories were typical of those shared by immigrant women working in the late 18th century, which of the following is she likely to have told Anarosa?

A) Only a very few industries employed women.
B) Women often worked in better conditions than the men in the same workplace.
C) Women were hired "just off the boat," and made to work for very low wages.
D) In most industries, men and women worked side by side.

Question 57

Kirsten claims that the golden fifties was the best time for being a mother.Which of the following is an accurate statement that weakens Kirsten's claim?

A) Mothers in the golden fifties were more likely to have high paying jobs.
B) Mothers in the golden fifties were more likely to be assisted by numerous childcare services.
C) Mothers in the golden fifties were less likely to consume alcohol or drugs.
D) Mothers in the golden fifties were more likely to be pressured to give up out-of-wedlock babies for adoption.

Question 58

Which of the following is characteristic of middle-class families in the golden fifties?

A) They included two earning members.
B) They were more focused on running businesses than families.
C) They consisted of a working husbands and homemaker wives.
D) They expected men to share domestic chores.

Question 59

Marie's family was part of the first group of immigrants who moved to the United States in the 19?? century.Marie lost her grandfather to tuberculosis back then.Which of the following is likely to be a reason for this if her grandfather's lifestyle was typical of those immigrants living in tenements?

A) Her grandfather, like other immigrants, carried infections from his place of origin.
B) Her grandfather is likely to have been a wealthy man who spent his days smoking and drinking.
C) Her grandfather is likely to have lived in a room with no windows or ventilation.
D) Her grandfather is likely to have been a farmer who had to work hard on the fields.

Question 60

Which of the following is true of how women were viewed during the golden fifties?

A) Women were welcomed in the workplace after their contribution during World War II.
B) Media continued to highlight their life-saving skills, and they were encouraged to work in the health sector.
C) Women were expected to strike a perfect work-life balance.
D) Women were encouraged to be full-time homemakers. home.

Question 61

What were the functions of the family in the colonial era?

Question 62

How did matrilineal tribes differ from patrilineal tribes in early American Indian society?

Question 63

Lila believes that feminist literature of the 20?? century had no effect on the emancipation of women.If Devon was to disagree and quote The Feminine Mystique, written by Betty Friedan, what are the facts that he could state in support of his argument?

Question 64

Briefly describe the characteristics of "true womanhood" under the ideology of the cult of domesticity.

Question 65

What were the economic concerns faced by families during the 21st century?

Question 66

What were the consequences of European invasion on American Indian cultures?

Question 67

Describe briefly the economic duties of men and women during the colonial era.

Question 68

Eva has to present a paper on her view of the 1950s.If Eva believed that the golden fifties was not an idyllic decade, what are the facts that she is likely to state in her paper?

Question 69

Cathie, whose husband fought during World War II, moved with her family from the city to the suburbs during the golden fifties.Provide reasons that could have facilitated this move to the suburbs during the 1950s.

Question 70

How were the children in middle-class families treated during the 18th century?