The shriners are a fraternity based on the masonic principles of brotherly love, relief, and truth. they have roughly 375,000 members and 191 temples in the united states, canada, and mexico. the shriners support shriners hospitals for children, a system of twenty-two hospitals dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing specialty pediatric care. what prohibits the shriners from being a social movement? a. it’s very hard to imagine membership in the shriners transforming anyone’s life.
b. they aren’t dedicated enough to their work.
c. they do not seek to fundamentally alter the status quo.
d. they aren’t organized enough.
e. they don’t have an ideological commitment.

The correct response is Option C: They do not seek to fundamentally alter the status quo.

Explanation:

The Shriners organization is not considered a social movement because there is no real drive to change society behind the organization. Shriners International grew out Freemasonry, which is the oldest, and most widely known fraternity in the world. The Masonic lodges were begun by craftsmen who gathered after work in shelter houses or lodges. Over time, the members organized into Masonic guilds and eventually other men who were not craftsmen were allowed to join. Shriners International began in 1872 and Masons who complete their final degree so they become Master Masons are then eligible to join Shriners International. Shriners abide by the same principles as Freemasonry, but they also promote fun and philanthropy.

in this part of the declaration it refers to the point when american people didn't recognize the british domain and   breaks the political bands with britain, they forced a respectful separation.

mankind was created and entitled equally with rights   which were life, freedom and the seeking for happiness.

the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)