PAW Flashcard 5

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What is the main goal of pressure groups (interest groups)?

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To organize protests

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What is a protest movement?

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A series of actions to persuade the government to change the law

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What does civil disobedience involve?

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A nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws

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What is a revolution?

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A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.

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What are civil rights?

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The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality

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What is equality?

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The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.

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What is a boycott?

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A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies.

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What are human rights?

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The basic rights to which all people are entitled as human beings.

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What is independence?

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Self-reliance and freedom from outside control

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What is the main goal of a protest movement?

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To try to persuade a government to change the law