The Underlying Goal of Protesters Who Use Civil Disobedience as a Tactic

question 14

Multiple Choice

The underlying goal of protesters who use civil disobedience as a tactic is to ____________.

• A) create a sharp divide in society
• B) use passive resistance to disobey what they believe to be an unjust law and to bring attention to a cause
• C) overwhelm the legal system by flooding the courts with arrests and minor criminal cases
• D) illustrate their desire to overthrow the American political system
• E) frustrate the citizens as a form of retribution against them for discriminatory practices

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Definitions:

Interaction Effect

The outcome where the effect of one factor is differentiated across another factor.

Parallel

Entities or processes that are happening simultaneously without intersecting or affecting each other directly.

Variables

Elements, features, or factors that can be changed and measured in an experiment to determine their effects.

Main Effect

In analysis of variance, when a factor or an independent variable has a significant effect upon the outcome variable.