Deck 15: Organizations Seeking Justice

Question 1

The founder of Amnesty International spoke up for "prisoners of conscience." Who are "prisoners of conscience?"

A) People who confess to crimes they did not commit
B) People imprisoned for expressing their religious or political views
C) People taken hostage and imprisoned by terrorists
D) Prison inmates who have reformed and deserve to be released

Answer 1

B

Question 2

One goal of Amnesty International is to abolish the death penalty.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Amnesty International does its work by:

A) Lobbying and campaigning for international treaties to stop human rights abuses
B) Issuing reports publicizing human rights violations
C) Having citizens "adopt" prisoners of conscience, writing letters to free them, and maintaining contact with them
D) All of these

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International rely almost entirely on government funding.

Question 5

According to the text, the primary purpose of the ACLU is to:

A) Defend the Bill of Rights
B) Promote a liberal agenda
C) Get criminals off on technicalities
D) Overthrow the U.S. Government

Question 6

The ACLU does its work by:

A) Going to court to defend civil liberties
B) Publishing books explaining basic rights
C) Taking public positions on issues related to civil liberties
D) All of these

Question 7

According to the text, politically, the ACLU can best be described as:

A) Liberal
B) Conservative
C) Libertarian
D) Fascist

Question 8

Today the strategy used most often by the ACLU is civil disobedience.

Question 9

According to the text, people who engage in civil disobedience:

A) Are careful not to break the law
B) Choose to hide their identities from the authorities
C) Usually also believe in nonviolence
D) Are usually members of liberal or left-wing groups

Question 10

The Quaker notion of "bearing witness" refers to having observed an objectionable act, one cannot turn away in avoidance; one must either take action to prevent further injustice or stand by and attest to its occurrence. This was the explicit principle behind the work of:

A) Gandhi
B) Operation Rescue
C) Greenpeace
D) the KKK

Question 11

According to the text, Operation Rescue was designed to:

A) Save endangered species of wildlife
B) Stop legal abortions at abortion clinics
C) Convert nonbelievers to Christianity
D) Encourage people to recycle

Question 12

According to the text, what is the purpose of the Ruckus Society?

A) To train environmental and human rights groups to use civil disobedience
B) To lobby lawmakers to send U.S. troops to troubled areas of the world
C) To use violence to bring about social change
D) To channel money to terrorist groups

Question 13

The Jewish Defense League is opposed to the use of violence to further their cause.

Question 14

The Irish Republican Army:

A) Is the group primarily responsible for freeing Ireland from the control of England and making it a completely independent country
B) Is a national army designed to hunt down and arrest terrorists in Ireland
C) Is a violent anti-abortion group active in the United States
D) Explicitly promotes the use of violence to create an independent Ireland

Question 15

According to the text, the use of violence by an organization can solidify membership by having members engage in acts that reinforce their commitment to the organization.