The primary goal of the women's christian temperance union was a) the abolition of slavery. b) the prohibition of alcohol. c) the prohibition of child labor. d) the establishment of suffrage rights for women.

The answer is B. The primary goal of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was the prohibition of alcohol.

The Women's Christian Temperance Union was founded in 1874 in Ohio, it was organized by women who believed that alcohol was causing most of the problems in the families and in society, therefore the main objective was to achieve prohibition of alcohol in the United States.

Allthough WCTU's platform expanded over time, campaigning for labor laws and women's right to vote, prohibition remained their number one interest.

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new communications technology has affected the way social movements are organized because nowadays, social movements rely on social networks and the media to get different people with a similar way of thinking in contact, and thus, get them to mobilize for a greater cause.

individuals only participate in collective action when they feel identified with it. is in this aspect that social media becomes relevant, because it guarantees communication among all individuals and organizes the social actions that are going to be carried out, i.e., the social movements.

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in conclusion, it is by social networks and social media that social movement is given birth; by connecting different individuals with similar ideas and organizing them to mobilize for a greater cause.