Modern Culture and Recent Developments Study Guide

 Why was Brown v. Board of Education important for civil rights? 

• it started separate but equal
• it started equality in law
• it ended separate but equal
• it ended equality in law

What was the March on Washington?

• A football game in March
• A march for equality
• A march through the state of Washington
• A march against high taxes

Who was Rosa Parks?

• A bus driver
• A speaker at the March on Washington
• A congresswoman from Mississippi
• A woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus. 

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led many protests and marches.  What idea what he fighting against?

• communism
• secession 
• confederacy
• segregation

When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, her actions started the 

• school desgregation
• The Montgomery Bus Boycott
• The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr
• The Vietnam War

Just like his older brother, Robert Kennedy was shot and killed.  What was he doing just before this happened?

• Riding in a convertible 
• Giving a speech at his brothers funeral
• Giving a speech after winning the California presidential primary
• Giving a speech after winning the national presidential election 

Americans sent several missions to explore the moon in the 1960’s and 1970’s.  What was the MAIN benefit of developing the technology to explore space?

• Rocket technology is the same, whether  for space or for nuclear bombs
• Rocks from the moon have special flakes of shiny material in them
• The people that went to the moon had a nice time and came back with great stories.
• The technology for walking on the moon helps scientist understand global warming.  

Who was this person?
He is remembered by a holiday in January.
He was from Atlanta, Georgia.
He was a baptist minister.
He fought for the civil rights of African Americans

• Thurgood Marshall
• John F. Kennedy
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Robert E. Lee

Who was this person?
He was the 1st African American to serve on the Supreme Court.
He was a lawyer.
He was the lawyer that argued for the Brown family in the Brown v. Board of Education case

• Rosa Parks
• Thurgood Marshall
• John F. Kennedy 
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

protest in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama to oppose the policy of racial segregation on public buses.

• Boycott
• Separate but equal
• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• Civil Rights Act of 1964