The Civil Rights Movement Expands (College Board AP® US History): Exam Questions

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11 mark

"We demand of straight society... That homosexuals be judged by their worth as human beings and not regarded solely in terms of their sexuality… That we be provided with equal opportunities legally, educationally, occupationally, and socially, with no discrimination on any grounds, especially sexuality”

The Gay Liberation Front platform statement, December 2, 1970

Which of the following best describes the broader goals of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) during the early 1970s?

  • Seeking recognition of LGBTQ+ individuals while maintaining existing social structures

  • Advocating for radical changes in laws, institutions, and cultural perceptions of sexuality

  • Encouraging the assimilation of LGBTQ+ individuals into traditional gender roles

  • Calling for a separatist LGBTQ+ community free from mainstream society

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21 mark

"We demand of straight society... That homosexuals be judged by their worth as human beings and not regarded solely in terms of their sexuality… That we be provided with equal opportunities legally, educationally, occupationally, and socially, with no discrimination on any grounds, especially sexuality”

The Gay Liberation Front platform statement, December 2, 1970

The growth of organizations like the Gay Liberation Front in the 1970s most directly reflected the influence of which earlier movement?

  • The Black civil rights movement

  • The temperance movement

  • The anti-communist movement

  • The nativist movement

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31 mark

"We demand of straight society... That homosexuals be judged by their worth as human beings and not regarded solely in terms of their sexuality… That we be provided with equal opportunities legally, educationally, occupationally, and socially, with no discrimination on any grounds, especially sexuality”

The Gay Liberation Front platform statement, December 2, 1970

The circumstances discussed in the statement suggest that the statement was published in the immediate aftermath of

  • The passage of Title IX

  • United States v. Wheeler

  •  The Stonewall Riots

  • The creation of La Raza Unida

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