Apentix/AP US History/Unit 8: Period 8 (1945-1980)/Question
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Which of the following best explains how the civil rights movement shaped the other rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s?

A.Other movements avoided courts entirely
B.The federal government banned all other movements
C.Women, gay people, Latinos, and Native Americans adopted its tactics of protest, litigation, and rights-based moral claims
D.Other movements rejected the language of rights

Explanation

Core Concept

Groups from NOW to the gay liberationists to AIM used marches, boycotts, court cases, and the language of rights pioneered by Black activists. Its legal victories provided precedents that other groups invoked in their own campaigns.

Correct Answer

CWomen, gay people, Latinos, and Native Americans adopted its tactics of protest, litigation, and rights-based moral claims

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