Define the term social movement. Select one social movement from the readings and discuss three characteristics that demonstrate it is a social movement.

What will be an ideal response?


but should include a definition of social movement: A sustained and intentional collective effort, usually operating outside established institutional channels, either to bring about or to retard social change, and discuss either Tea Party, feminist movement, gay and lesbian rights movement, or civil rights movement.

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a. 1870 b. 1940 c. 1790 d. 1910

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Auguste Comte founded and named sociology as a ______ discipline, pushing for a society in which knowledge would be based on scientific reasoning and facts.

A. feminist B. socialist C. fundamentalist D. positivist

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The Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt is a small community arts project started in Washington, D.C.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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According to a small-sample study of university students, which of the following is true about dating protocol?

A. Both whites and African Americans are similar in protocol beliefs. B. African Americans are more traditional than whites. C. Whites are more traditional than African Americans. D. Neither racial group is very traditional in protocol beliefs.

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