Exam 8: Social Movements

The intentional breaking of a law and accepting the consequences as a way to publicize its unjustness is called

What type of environmental factors must be present to support social movements?

Theodore Lowi argued that

In democracies, minorities can rightly have their way if

Name a social movement in American history that achieved its main goal.

Social movements committed to a radical change in the society or the economy often face repression of one kind or another.

Which of these movements has NOT been particularly successful in achieving its aims?

The civil rights movement is a example of a social movement that achieved its main goals.

Social movements develop when

Which amendment to the US Constitution granted women the right to vote?

Mass mobilization has been a particularly useful political tool for which group?

Social movements can contribute to democracy by

The Equal Rights Amendment was ratified in 1979.

The women's movement was able to build on a broad network of meetings to talk about common problems, commonly known as

Social movements are different from ________ in that the latter's sole aim is to lobby decision-makers about legislative matters.

Social movements usually start out as ________ phenomena, whereas democracy requires majority rule.

Which of the following is a major social movement in the history of the United States?

Social movements often use ________ tactics to achieve their goals.

Which of the following has NOT had a major social movement?

Which social movement that gained prominence in 2006 and 2007 gained sympathizers from many ethnic and racial groups?