Exam 17: Human Agency: Individuals and Groups in Society Changing Social Structures

What did the Arab Spring of 2011 have in common with the 1917 Communist overthrow of the Tsarist regime in Russia?

In what year were women in the United States granted the right to vote?

As Susan Faludi noted in 1991, political, legal, and media opposition to _____ continues to undermine women's equality.

At the time of Stonewall, 48 states had sodomy laws meant to outlaw homosexual sex. In 2003

Recently, extreme social inequality, high unemployment especially among the young, and continuing poverty have provided the conditions for

Shortly after World War II, the NAACP challenged the concept of separate but equal schooling in the courts. In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas that separate educational facilities are

The chapter notes two important implications for each member of our society. The first is that we do not have to be

Which law came out of the Civil Rights Movement and banned discrimination in public facilities, education, employment, and in any agency receiving government funds?

The precipitating event for gay and lesbian unity was the _____, which occurred on June 28, 1969, in response to a police raid.

What is the term for a time when the goal of maintaining the formal structure of a movement's organization becomes more important than the original goals of the social movement?

Who was the young minister who emerged as a leader of the civil rights movement and inspired African Americans to use nonviolent resistance to overthrow their oppressors' unfair laws and practices?

What term was used by the early feminists who demanded that women be given to the right to vote?

Groups that are explicitly organized either to resist change or seek to reverse changes that have already occurred and restore traditional values are known as _____ movements.

In 2003, Massachusetts became the first state to legalize gay marriage. As of June, 2015, same-sex marriage is legal in _____ states.

Which of the following was NOT an oppressive White response to Black emancipation immediately following the Civil War?

The stage of _____ is reached when a social movement is integrated into society and its goals have been accomplished.

As Naples noted in 1998, "In communities across the country, _____ fight against the abuse of women, against corporate poisoning of their neighborhoods, against homophobia and racism, and for people-oriented economic development, immigrants' rights, educational equity, and adequate wages."

Though Rosa Parks is credited with starting the civil rights movement in 1955 when she refused to move to the back of the bus, in fact this movement

Recent events in Egypt, Libya, Syria, and elsewhere in the Middle East reveal how the powerless

Patti was a high school athlete in 1971, when _____ girls participated in sports. Today, her granddaughter takes it for granted that she can play goalie on her soccer team and dream of being just like Hope Solo.