Correct. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section is that the shift toward conservatism in the U.S. government, Supreme Court, and culture threatened to reverse the gains made by liberal social movements in the 1960s and 1970s, but feminists and minority groups successfully defended most of their achievements, and the gay and lesbian rights movement advanced its agenda.
Incorrect. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section is that the shift toward conservatism in the U.S. government, Supreme Court, and culture threatened to reverse the gains made by liberal social movements in the 1960s and 1970s, but feminists and minority groups successfully defended most of their achievements, and the gay and lesbian rights movement advanced its agenda.