Social Movements
Instructions: From abolition to environmentalism, explore the social movements that changed the world
- 1.
The abolitionist movement in the United States sought to end what?
AWomen's inequalityBChild laborCSlaveryDAlcohol consumption - 2.
The Stonewall Riots of 1969, a pivotal moment for LGBTQ rights, occurred in which city?
AChicagoBLos AngelesCNew York CityDSan Francisco - 3.
Rachel Carson's book 'Silent Spring' (1962) helped launch which movement?
AAnti-nuclear movementBWomen's liberation movementCCivil rights movementDEnvironmental movement - 4.
The temperance movement in the 19th and early 20th centuries campaigned against what?
AGamblingBOpium tradeCAlcohol consumptionDTobacco use - 5.
The anti-apartheid movement ultimately led to the release of Nelson Mandela and free elections in South Africa in which year?
A1992B1996C1994D1990 - 6.
The Occupy Wall Street movement, which began in 2011, primarily protested against what?
AEconomic inequality and corporate influence in politicsBImmigration policyCGun controlDClimate change - 7.
Which movement, beginning in 2006, advocated for the rights of undocumented immigrants in the United States?
AOccupy MovementBSanctuary City MovementCDream Act MovementDImmigrant Rights Movement / A Day Without Immigrants - 8.
The Free Speech Movement of the 1960s began at which university?
AUniversity of MichiganBColumbia UniversityCHarvard UniversityDUniversity of California, Berkeley - 9.
Mahatma Gandhi's Salt March of 1930 was a protest against British taxation of what commodity?
ASaltBTeaCCottonDSugar - 10.
The disability rights movement achieved a major milestone with the passage of which U.S. law in 1990?
AAmericans with Disabilities Act (ADA)BEducation for All Handicapped Children ActCIndividuals with Disabilities Education ActDRehabilitation Act - 11.
The Chartist movement in 19th-century Britain demanded reforms primarily related to what?
AParliamentary and voting reformsBWorkers' wagesCReligious freedomDLand redistribution - 12.
The Me Too movement, which gained widespread attention in 2017, addresses what issue?
ARacial discriminationBSexual harassment and assaultCEnvironmental justiceDIncome inequality - 13.
The Chipko movement in India, where villagers hugged trees to prevent logging, is associated with which type of activism?
ALabor rightsBEnvironmental conservationCLand reformDAnti-colonial resistance - 14.
Frederick Douglass was a prominent leader in which 19th-century social movement?
AAbolitionist movementBLabor movementCEducation reformDTemperance movement - 15.
The Prague Spring of 1968 was a period of political liberalization in which country that was crushed by Soviet invasion?
APolandBCzechoslovakiaCHungaryDEast Germany