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Evaluating Movement Success Worksheet

Read the evidence carefully. A movement may achieve some aims but not others, and change can take time. Use evidence to explain your judgement.

Evidence file: movements for change

The campaign for women’s suffrage in Britain sought the right for women to vote. In 1918, some women aged 30 and over gained the vote if they met property qualifications. In 1928, women gained the vote on the same terms as men, from age 21. The campaign included different groups and methods; the term “suffragettes” is often used especially for members of the Women’s Social and Political Union. The campaign to abolish slavery in the British Empire included campaigning by formerly enslaved people, abolitionists and others. The slave trade was abolished in 1807, but this did not end slavery itself. The Slavery Abolition Act was passed in 1833, and most enslaved people in the British Caribbean were made to work without wages during an “apprenticeship” period before full freedom in 1838. Racism and unequal treatment continued. The US Civil Rights Movement challenged racial segregation and discrimination. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 were important legal changes. These acts did not end racism or inequality.

Read the evidence

Use the evidence file above for Questions 1–9.

1.Choose the strongest definition of success when evaluating a movement.

It attracted the largest crowds.
It achieved all its aims immediately.
It made progress towards its aims, with evidence of what changed and what did not.
It was reported in newspapers.

2.Write 1 beside the earliest event and 3 beside the latest: the 1928 equal voting terms for women; the 1918 partial voting rights for some women; the 1807 abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire.

3.Write True or False for each claim, using the evidence file: a) In 1918, every woman in Britain could vote on the same terms as men. b) The 1807 law ended slavery in the British Empire. c) The US Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s brought important legal changes.

4.A change to a country's official rules is a change in its .

5.Match each movement with the evidence that belongs to it.

British campaign for women's suffrage
Campaign to abolish slavery in the British Empire
US Civil Rights Movement

The slave trade ended in 1807, but slavery itself continued until later.
The 1928 law gave women the vote on the same terms as men.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 were important legal changes.

6.Choose one movement from the evidence file. State one specific change that shows progress towards its aims.

7.Choose one movement from the evidence file. State one problem or unmet aim that remained after an important change.

8.A pupil says, “The British campaign for women's suffrage succeeded completely in 1918.” Do you agree, partly agree or disagree? Support your judgement with two details from the evidence.

9.Which of the three movements in the evidence file do you judge to have made the clearest progress towards its stated aim? Give a balanced answer: include one piece of evidence for progress and one limit or continuing problem.