SOCIAL MOVEMENTS QUIZ 1

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If an organized body bands together, using both lawful and disruptive practices, in an attempt to bring change throughout a long and arduous process, what is that?
Social Movement
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Why do labels matter?
Labels decide how the public will perceive you
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What one-off events usually only last one day?
Protests
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What term refers to a short, messy, unplanned burst of chaos?
Riot
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What term refers to a long campaign comprised of protesting?
Movement
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Why is it important for movements to have some disruption while maintaining legality?
Groups of no disruption lack the designation of a movement
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What kind of laws werw harmfully affecting the South, impacting schooling, public facilities, and even the access to voting for Black Americans?
Jim Crow Laws
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On December 1st, 1955, who was arrested for refusal to sit in the segregated section of a city bus?
Rosa Parks
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What’s the real story of Rosa Parks?
She was a trained activist selected by the NAACP to be the face of the Bus Boycott Movement
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What organization was formed by Dr. King to lead the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycotts, involving carpooling, Black-owned taxis, and miles of walking?
Montgomery Improvement Association
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When did the bus boycotts end?
1956
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What is the playbook of movements?
Sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and Marches
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Why did the movement work?
Because the violence was made visible
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What two acts were passed as a result of the Civil Rights Movement
The 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act
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Who founded the Black Panthers in Oakland, California?
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale
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Why was the Black Panther Party formed?
To change the system, not integrate in it
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What program, with things like employment, housing, education, an end to police brutality, and fair jury, reflected the demands of the Black Panther Party?
10 Point Program
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What term refers to the act of following police while legally armed, with law books in hand, to witness arrests in Black neighborhoods?
Copwatching
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What symbol of the BPP signified power and discipline?
Black berets and leather jackets
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What term refers to the programs set by the BPP to provide free breakfast for kids, groceries, health access, sickle-cell testing, legal aid, and adequate schooling?
Survival Programs
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Even though they had internal sexism issues, who made up half of the BPP?
Women
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What program was made by the FBI to spy on members of the BPP and forge information to turn people against each other, all while coordinating raids with local police?
COINTELPRO
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Which Black Panther was killed in a police raid in 1969 because he was drugged by an FBI informant who leaked information to the police?
Fred Hampton
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Did the BPP fail?
Not quite (dissolved due to repression)
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What were the legacy of the BPP?
Federal free school lunch programs, the commonality of denouncing police brutality, and the reshaping of Black political identity/pride
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