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8 Institutional Change and Comparative Cases Online Quiz Questions

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Written response

1 point

In what year did state ratification make the Nineteenth Amendment part of the U.S. Constitution?

Fill in the blank

1 point

When movement goals or organizations gain a continuing place in official procedures, that process is called .

True or false

1 point

True or false: A movement can contribute to institutional change even if it loses a specific vote, for example by shifting public expectations or building organizations.

A
True
B
False

Choose one

1 point

Which development is the clearest example of a movement goal becoming institutionalized?

A
Officials make a one-time public statement acknowledging a protest.
B
A new commission is established to continue addressing the movement’s concerns.
C
A demonstration attracts attention but produces no continuing official process.
D
An agency enforces existing rules against movement participants.

Written response

1 point

Which federal act addressed discriminatory barriers to voting in 1965?

Choose all

1 point

Select all the actions that directly engage formal institutional decision-making channels, rather than primarily using disruption or building alliances.

A
Organize a boycott to make an issue difficult for authorities to ignore.
B
Lobby legislators about a proposed policy.
C
Pursue litigation through the courts.
D
Build alliances connecting constituencies with influential actors outside formal decision channels.
E
Work through political parties or government agencies.

Choose one

1 point

Which scenario best illustrates change in an informal norm rather than a formal rule?

A
A legislature changes the formal procedure for registering voters.
B
A court invalidates a law that restricted voting.
C
Public expectations shift about who belongs in public life, without a change to written rules.
D
An agency creates a regular public-comment process.

True or false

1 point

True or false: Institutional access may produce concrete reforms and trade-offs without automatically meaning that a movement has been co-opted.

A
True
B
False

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1 point

Institutions may delay reform, enforce existing rules, repress activists, or concessions.

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1 point

Which scenario best illustrates coalition-building and brokerage?

A
A campaign stages a march to raise the public cost of ignoring an issue.
B
A court enforces an existing rule against activists.
C
An alliance links several constituencies with influential officials who can help translate their demands into policy.
D
An agency adopts movement language but leaves its practices unchanged.

Choose all

1 point

When assessing institutional change beyond the passage of laws, which dimensions should researchers examine? Select all that apply.

A
Whether a policy is implemented.
B
Whether a campaign won its most recent vote.
C
Who has access to decision-making.
D
Whether cultural norms changed.
E
What unintended effects followed.

Choose one

1 point

What institutional effect did federal civil rights legislation and its enforcement mechanisms have in the civil rights case?

A
It replaced community organizing with state-level campaigns.
B
It shifted authority toward the national government and provided tools for challenging discrimination.
C
It ended the need for further political action by guaranteeing equal implementation.
D
It limited the movement’s claims to changes in constitutional voting rules.

Written response

1 point

What commission did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 establish?

Open ended

1 point

How did the Nineteenth Amendment change voting rules, and why did it not ensure equal access in practice? Identify at least one barrier affecting Black women and the citizenship-related barriers faced by many Native American women.

Choose one

1 point

A movement challenges the widespread assumption that a particular group does not belong in public life. What kind of institution is it primarily challenging?

A
A law that changes eligibility to vote
B
An assumption about who belongs in public life
C
A constitutional amendment ratified by states
D
A regular procedure for public participation

Written response

1 point

What process label describes demonstrations, boycotts, and strikes making an issue difficult for authorities or the public to ignore?

Choose one

1 point

Organizers build relationships with officials, lobby legislators, and pursue litigation to advance their demands. Which process best describes these activities?

A
Institutionalization
B
Resistance and redirection
C
Negotiation and access
D
Disruption and agenda-setting

Choose one

1 point

A city creates a permanent public-participation channel in response to a movement's demands. Which process does this most directly illustrate?

A
Institutionalization
B
Disruption and agenda-setting
C
Resistance and redirection
D
Coalition-building and brokerage

True or false

1 point

True or false: When a movement gains institutional access, it has necessarily been co-opted and can no longer achieve meaningful gains.

A
True
B
False

Choose one

1 point

After the Nineteenth Amendment became part of the Constitution, many Black women and Native American women still faced barriers to voting. What does this outcome best demonstrate?

A
The amendment immediately removed every barrier to voting for women.
B
The movement achieved only an informal change in public expectations.
C
The amendment gave voting authority exclusively to state governments.
D
A formal voting rule changed, but barriers still restricted access in practice.

8 Institutional Change and Comparative Cases Online Quiz Questions

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