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| The increasing number of gay and lesbian actors and characters in movies and television programs buttresses the power of the gay and lesbian movement because ___________ . |
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| more Americans are becoming tolerant toward alternative lifestyles and see these characters as acceptable people |
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| During the Great Depression, the labor movements benefited from a change in public sentiment as a group of corporate leaders decided to ___________ . |
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| accept union rights to negotiate in exchange for labor peace |
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| The Tea Party movement sees itself as fighting against ___________ . |
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| a high-taxing, too-active government |
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| The undocumented immigrants movement can be considered a low-impact movement because ___________ . |
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| it was unable to get legislation passed that allowed a pathway to citizenship for its members |
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| Which social movement, first appearing in 1999, is concerned with income inequality in the United States and Third World countries, food safety, labor rights, and unfair trade practices? |
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| antiglobalization movement |
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| One way to judge a social movement's support is how many people come to its rallies. However, attendance at very large rallies can usually only be estimated. The most reliable estimates for attendance are produced by ___________ . |
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| neutral parties using aerial photography and digitalized remote sensing |
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| The 1960 sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, is an example of what kind of protest tactic? |
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| Although the grievances of American labor had been present for a long time, the labor movements did not become a major force until ___________ . |
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| great leaders such as Walter Reuther and John L. Lewis emerged |
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| Which of these movements has reappeared periodically throughout the history of the United States? |
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| Religious conservatives movement |
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| Which is the oldest of the following social movements? |
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| Which caused the distress that spurred the Populist movement in the late nineteenth century? |
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| Concentration of power in railroads and banks that controlled farmers' livelihoods |
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| An interest group that grew out of the women's movement is___________ . |
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| the National Organization for Women |
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| Interest in the environmental movement has increase in recent years because of growing concern about the effects of ___________ . |
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| Members of the anti-globalization movement stage large, loud protests at meetings of the WTO and World Economic Forum to protest ___________ . |
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| the growing power of international corporations |
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| The impact of a social movement is judged by ___________ . |
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| it's long-term effect on society |
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| The protests that broke out in 1969 after police raided a New York City nightclub that was popular with gays and lesbians are known as the ___________ . |
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| The ___________ movement grew out of an earlier women's rights movement. |
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| The Occupy movement's division of Americans into the "99 percent" and the "1 percent" helped to illustrate the idea that ___________ . |
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| most economic gains flow to the richest 1 percent of Americans |
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| A social movement needs to have a supportive environment in order to succeed. An example is the civil rights movement, which began when ___________ . |
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| overt racism among the public was declining |
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| The anti-globalization movement, which is far-flung and decentralized, has proven that a movement can coordinate worldwide action through ___________ . |
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| social media and cell phone technology |
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| The Occupy Wall Street slogan "We are the 99 percent" resonated with many Americans because it ___________ . |
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| captured the idea of the inequality of wealth distribution in the United States |
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| The civil rights movement was able to take advantage of ___________ to mobilize mass support for its goals in the 1960s. |
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| televised newscasts that showed the dramatic footage of demonstrations |
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| Citizens usually have a strong sense of political efficacy in a ___________ political system. |
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| Over the years since its inception, Social Security benefits have increased and a larger portion of Americans have been covered. This trend is difficult for elected leaders to change because ___________ . |
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| recipients of the benefits are a strong voting bloc |
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| In a time of economic recession, the most probable reason the antiglobalization movement would have difficulty gaining support is because ___________ . |
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| people are more concerned with environmental and economic survival rather than fairness. |
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