An APUSH SAQ — The Stonewall Riots

Ten questions designed to help students review for the annual exam and that relate to a series of 1969 spontaneous demonstrations by members of the-then-called gay (and today called LGBT) community.

The Stonewall Riots

1. Briefly describe one anti-homosexual historical event, development, or process that occurred after 1945 and before the Stonewall Riots.
2. Briefly describe one specific historical effect of the Stonewall Riots.
3. Briefly describe another specific historical effect of the Stonewall Riots.
4. Between 1945 and 1980, feminist and gay and lesbian activists mobilized behind claims for legal equality. What does this mean?
5. Between 1945 and 1980, feminist and gay and lesbian activists mobilized behind claims for economic equality. What does this mean?
6. Between 1945 and 1980, feminist and gay and lesbian activists mobilized behind claims for social equality. What does this mean?
7. Name and briefly describe the work of a gay male or lesbian female who played a prominent role in American history between 1945 and 1980.
8. What did the US Supreme Court decide in the 2015 US Supreme Court case of Obergefell v. Hodges?
9. Briefly describe the history and meaning of the term LGBT.
10. Briefly describe one major historical similarity and one major historical difference between the Stonewall Riots and the Watts Riots.

This video can be used to answer Question #2 and #3

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