A large group of people who organize to resist or promote social change, such as the organized effort of African Americans to gain civil rights in the 1960s, is classified as a ________.
A) social movement
B) moral panic
C) transformative revolution
D) sociocultural revolution

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A social movement is a large group of people who organize to resist or promote social change. This is the most appropriate choice to describe the organized effort of African Americans to gain civil rights in the 1960s. Moral panic refers to a widespread fear or concern about a perceived threat to society, while transformative and sociocultural revolutions involve broader and more fundamental changes to society as a whole.

A Large Group of People Who Organize to Resist or Promote