BSocSc Bachelor of Social Science Social History 2

Question 1

The Second Wave of feminism in the United States (1960s–1980s) primarily focused on:

Accepted Answer

Workplace equality, reproductive rights, and challenging gender roles

Answer

Second-wave feminism expanded beyond suffrage to address systemic gender discrimination in employment, reproductive autonomy, sexual violence, and the social construction of femininity.

Question 2

The Stonewall Riots of 1969 are significant in U.S. social history because they:

Accepted Answer

Sparked the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement

Answer

The Stonewall Riots, in which patrons of a Greenwich Village bar resisted police raids, galvanized the LGBTQ+ community and led directly to the formation of gay rights organizations and annual Pride marches.

Question 3

What was the primary social consequence of the GI Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944)?

Accepted Answer

Enabled millions of white veterans to access college education and suburban homeownership, expanding the middle class

Answer

The GI Bill provided veterans with college tuition, low-interest home loans, and job training, dramatically expanding the white middle class — while discriminatory implementation largely excluded Black veterans.

Question 4

The concept of 'intersectionality,' introduced by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, refers to:

Accepted Answer

How overlapping social identities like race, gender, and class create compounded forms of discrimination

Answer

Crenshaw's intersectionality framework argues that systems of oppression such as racism and sexism do not operate independently but interact to create distinct, compounded experiences of marginalization.

Question 5

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 led directly to:

Accepted Answer

The forced relocation of tens of thousands of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River

Answer

The Indian Removal Act authorized the forced displacement of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole nations from the southeastern United States, most infamously in the Trail of Tears.

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BSocSc Bachelor of Social Science Social History 2