Deck 3: Historical Overview of Domestic Violence

Question 1

___________ involved a set of Roman laws that condoned wife abuse and viewed a wife as her husband's possession.

A) The Laws of Chastisement
B) The Code of Hammurabi
C) Medieval Canon Law
D) Pater Familias

Answer 1

A

Question 2

__________ declared that a wife was subservient to her husband and that he could inflict punishment on her and any member of his family for any transgression.

A) The Laws of Chastisement
B) The Code of Hammurabi
C) Medieval Canon Law
D) Pater Familias

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In the 1500s, who set the tradition of not recognizing marital rape?

A) Lord Hale
B) Emperor Romulus
C) King Hammurabi
D) King Henry VIII

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Medieval Canon Law advocated ___________ for disobedient wives.

A) The rule of thumb
B) Marital rape
C) Home confinement
D) Public punishment

Question 5

Which Mississippi Supreme Court case recognized and legitimized a husband's right to chastise his wife?

A) Commonwealth v. Fogerty
B) Fulgam v. State
C) Bradley v. State
D) State v. Black

Question 6

Which North Carolina Supreme Court case advocated a "hands off" approach toward governing family matters?

A) Commonwealth v. Fulgam
B) State v. Black
C) Harris v. State
D) Bradley v. State

Question 7

In 1871, Commonwealth v. McAfee was the first court case to do what?

A) Allow wives to sue their abusive husbands
B) Officially legalize the "rule of thumb"
C) Make wife-beating a crime
D) Make marital rape a crime

Question 8

In response to the inability of different states to reconcile inconsistencies in protecting abused women, victim advocates called upon Congress to address their concerns by arguing that:

A) Women deserved equal protection under the law according to the 14^th Amendment
B) Domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking affect interstate commerce issues
C) Current laws and practices were outdated and discriminatory toward women
D) Both A and B

Question 9

In 1994, ___________ was the first federal legislation to specifically target the problem of violence against women.

A) The Violence Against Women Act
B) The Violence Prevention Act for Women
C) The Reconciliation for Women Act
D) The Prevention of Domestic Violence Act

Question 10

From 1990-1994, Congressional hearings regarding violence against women produced research that found what?

A) The annual cost of domestic violence exceeded $5 billion annually
B) Intimate partner violence was the leading cause of injury to American women
C) Millions of women each year were victims of domestic violence
D) All of the above

Question 11

For centuries, authorities and the law tolerated, and in some cases encouraged a husband's violence against his wife, as long as it was a form of chastisement for an alleged offense she committed.

Question 12

Historically, various religious institutions often sanctioned the subjugation of women.

Question 13

The 1970s brought a significant decrease in the number of women seeking help from domestic violence shelters due to the Civil Rights and Women's Rights Movements.

Question 14

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals predates any organization aimed at preventing cruelty to women.

Question 15

The Violence Against Women Act was passed in 1994 and has never been reauthorized since.

Question 16

Aside from the obvious protection from abusive acts, what were some of the other benefits of civil protection orders when they were first implemented for domestic abuse victims?

Question 17

What challenges or downfalls did domestic violence victims face with civil protection orders when they were first implemented?