Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Protest and Radicalism.
The use of strikes, demonstrations, or other public forms of protest to achieve a goal, rather than relying on negotiation or legal challenges.
Direct action appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for The USA: Conflict at Home and Abroad, especially Protest and Radicalism and Developments 1960–62.
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