Which of the following is NOT considered illegal discrimination?
A) setting different ages at which men and women legally become adults
B) barring girls from Little League baseball teams
C) paying coaches of girls' sports differently than the coaches of boys' sports
D) requiring women to take mandatory pregnancy leaves
E) allowing women to remain military officers longer than men without being promoted
Question -2-Which of the following is an example of a law that would pass the reasonableness standard, as it's clearly applied on a rational basis that is not arbitrary?
A) Laws requiring somebody to be 21 to legally purchase alcohol
B) Laws setting different ages at which men and women can legally buy beer.
C) Laws barring one religious group from solicitation.
D) State laws setting different ages at which men and women legally become adults.
E) Women being barred from jobs by height and weight requirements.
Question -3-Congress responded to the feminist movement by passing laws that
A) prohibited discrimination on the basis of gender in employment and among students in any school receiving federal funds.
B) gave women equal access to all private organizations.
C) outlawed all-male institutions, both public and private.
D) provided free day care and maternal care to all working mothers.
E) prohibited gender discrimination except when there was a compelling justification.
Question -4-In 1963, the publication of __________ by Betty Friedan strengthened the feminist movement.
A) The Other Half
B) Silent Spring
C) The Feminine Mystique
D) The Great Dilemma
E) The Crisis
Question -5-A great change in the status of American women took place when
A) many of them were successful on Wall Street in the 1930s.
B) they began to serve as presidents of several prestigious law schools.
C) they began to outperform men in civil service tests in the 1890s.
D) millions were hired in defense plants during World War II.
E) they formed a congressional caucus in the 1920s.
Question -6-The __________ Amendment made clear that no state may deny the right to vote on the basis of sex.
A) Fifteenth
B) Nineteenth
C) Twentieth
D) Twenty-first
E) Twenty-second
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