During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s

question 4

Multiple Choice

During the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, many of the demonstrators who risked their lives in marches and protests were white, middle-class university students from the North. Their motivation for participating in these demonstrations points out that many join movements ________.

• A) to feel a sense of community
• B) as a way to achieve their own selfish goals
• C) as a form of rebellion because of relative deprivation
• D) because people want to make wrongs right
• E) because of an ideological commitment to the movement

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