SOA EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
The Tea Party wields great power over and within the what Party? ANSW✅✅Republican
The first wave of the women's movement in the United States is traceable to the:
ANSW✅✅1840's
The first wave of the women's movement focused largely on: ANSW✅✅Gaining the right to vote
for women
What Betty Friedan book had a strong effect on the second wave of the women's movement?
ANSW✅✅The Feminine Mystique
Which era has been described as the golden age for gay and lesbian movements in the United
States? ANSW✅✅The World War II era
What signaled a turning point for the history of gay and lesbian movements in the United States?
ANSW✅✅Lavender scare
What event is regarded by many as pivotal in the twentieth-century struggle for gay rights and
denotes the beginning of the modern gay rights movement? ANSW✅✅The Civil Rights Act of
1964
In late 2010, social movements began in what that have dramatically changed its society?
ANSW✅✅The Arab world
What involves variations over time in every aspect of the social world, ranging from changes
affecting individuals to transformations having an impact on the globe as a whole?
ANSW✅✅Social change
In Malcolm Gladwell's essay "Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted," the
argument was made that social media are built on the basis of people who have what with one
another? ANSW✅✅Both strong and weak ties
CORRECT ANSWERS
The Tea Party wields great power over and within the what Party? ANSW✅✅Republican
The first wave of the women's movement in the United States is traceable to the:
ANSW✅✅1840's
The first wave of the women's movement focused largely on: ANSW✅✅Gaining the right to vote
for women
What Betty Friedan book had a strong effect on the second wave of the women's movement?
ANSW✅✅The Feminine Mystique
Which era has been described as the golden age for gay and lesbian movements in the United
States? ANSW✅✅The World War II era
What signaled a turning point for the history of gay and lesbian movements in the United States?
ANSW✅✅Lavender scare
What event is regarded by many as pivotal in the twentieth-century struggle for gay rights and
denotes the beginning of the modern gay rights movement? ANSW✅✅The Civil Rights Act of
1964
In late 2010, social movements began in what that have dramatically changed its society?
ANSW✅✅The Arab world
What involves variations over time in every aspect of the social world, ranging from changes
affecting individuals to transformations having an impact on the globe as a whole?
ANSW✅✅Social change
In Malcolm Gladwell's essay "Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted," the
argument was made that social media are built on the basis of people who have what with one
another? ANSW✅✅Both strong and weak ties
