Chapter 25 APUSH the 1950's

The Soviets launched this satellite to begin the space race

• Apollo
• NASA
• HUAC
• Sputnik

What best describes the outcome of the Korean War?

• South Korea and the U.S. won, unifying a Democratic Korea

• North Korea and China won, unifying a Communist Korea

• Stalemate, with the boarder remaining at the 38th parallell

• The U.S. and China split Korea, each controlling a part

Why were Americans so scared of Sputnik when it was launched?

• They feared that the Soviet Union was more technologically advanced than we were
• They were scared it would launch nuclear weapons
• They were scared it would fall out of orbit and crash into America
• Americans were not scared of Sputnik because it was our satellite

"In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms". —Chief Justice Earl Warren, 1954
Which action occurred as a result of the Supreme Court decision excerpted above?
 

• The requirement of equal access to school facilities for disabled students 
• The expansion of science in school curricula 
• The desegregation of public schools
• The implementation of requirements for federal certification of private-school teachers 

Which of the following were true about American culture in the 1950's?

• The interstate highway system increased automobile purchase and use
• Rock became popular due to the success of Elvis
• Television became popular and TV's became common in people's homes
• All of the above

Lunch counter sit-ins and the actions of freedom riders are examples of steps taken in support of 

• the Americans with Disabilities Act 
• programs dealing with affirmative action 
• nonviolent attempts to oppose segregation
• violent acts by the Black Panthers 

During the early 1900s, Booker T. Washington supported a moderate strategy for attaining civil rights for African Americans, while W.E.B. Du Bois called for a more aggressive approach.  During the 1960s, a similar difference emerged between— 

•  Barbara Jordan and Alice Walker 
• Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X
• Rosa Parks and Marcus Garvey 
•  Medgar Evers and Thurgood Marshall

One accomplishment of the ____ was bringing about a federal ban on segregation in all interstate travel facilities..
 
 

•  Little Rock Nine
• Freedom riders.
• Black Panthers. 
• Untouchables.

An impact of the Space Race on American education priorities was a shift in the school curriculum to a concentration on learning

• math and science
• social skills
• patriotism
• physical education

What previous Supreme Court decision did Brown v. Board overturn?

• Worcester v. Georgia
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Roe v. Wade
• Marbury v. Madison