Social Studies Weekly Week 28 Assessment

Use the article “One Giant Leap for Mankind” and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

According to the article, the mos t likely reason the U.S. was determined to get a man to the moon

was __________.

• because reaching the moon first would prove they were technologically superior to the Soviet Union

• because the U.S. needed a faster way for people to travel

• because President Kennedy wanted to take a ride on a spacecraft

• because the U.S. thought the nex t world war might be fought in outer space

Use the article “One Giant Leap for Mankind” and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

What was one result of the failure of Apollo 1?

• The Gemini program was discontinued.

• The U.S. did not go for ward with a program to land a man on the moon.

• President Johnson agreed to continue with President Kennedy’s vision for the space program in the U.S.

• meant that schools would be integrated

Use the article “One Giant Leap for Mankind” and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

To whom was Neil Armstrong referring when he said, “one giant leap for mankind”?

• Americans

• Americans and Soviets

• fellow astronauts

• all humans

Use the article “Civil Rights for All Americans” and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

Which statement about the lunch counter sit-in in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1960 is best supported

by information from this week’s magazine?

• The sit-ins occurred at ever y restaurant in all Southern cities.

• The sit-ins were successful in helping to integrate some businesses in the South

• The segregations of the South were a result of the sit-ins.

• Integration of southern businesses did not occur as a result of any sit-ins.

Use the article “Civil Rights for All Americans” and your knowledge of social studies to answer

the following question. Which of the following best completes the diagram above?

• The Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-Ins

• Dr. Mar tin Luther King Jr.’s Goals

• The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

• New Civil Rights Laws Needed to be Passed

Use the article “Civil Rights for All Americans” and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

What would be the best title for the organizer shown above?

• Accomplishments of 1964 Civil Rights Act

• Accomplishments of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

• Accomplishments of the Greensboro, North Carolina Sit-Ins

• Accomplishments of the Bus Boycott of Montgomery, Alabama

Use the article “Civil Rights for All Americans” and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

What was the overall public reaction to Mar tin Luther King Jr.’s assassination?

• Most Americans were not affected by his death.

• People were shocked, saddened or angry that King was murdered.

• Many people were shocked by King’s death, but did nothing about it.

• Most Americans were happy about his death.

Use the article “Civil Rights for All Americans” and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

What is the most likely reason people still work for civil rights today?

• African Americans s till do not have any of the rights that are guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution

• Many groups feel there are areas in which people are not treated fairly today.

• Many people like to demonstrate in public places.

• Civil rights are not completely guaranteed by the Constitution.

Use the article “Rosa Parks—Mother of the Civil Rights Movement” and your knowledge of social

studies to answer the following question.

Which of these is the best summary of the information in the article?

• Rosa Parks lived in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1950s. She worked as a seamstress. She had to

  ride the city buses everywhere. African Americans were not allowed to ride in the f irs t four rows of

  the bus. Sometimes they had to stand. Rosa did not want to stand.

• Rose Parks worked hard as a seamstress. She didn’t want to walk home from work, so one day

  she took the city bus. The bus was very crowded. Mrs. Parks was asked to give up her seat, but she

  didn’t want to.

• Rosa Parks lived and worked in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1950s. As she rode home on a

  city bus, Mrs. Parks refused the bus driver’s order to give up her seat to a white person. She

  was arrested, tried and convicted for breaking the law. She helped lead a boycott of the bus

  system and worked for many years to bring equal rights to all people. She is known as the “mother

  of the civil rights movement.”

• Rosa Parks was arrested once in Montgomery, Alabama. She broke a city law. After her arrest she

  was tried and found guilty of the crime. Mrs. Parks did not think she had been treated fairly.

Use the article “Rosa Parks—Mother of the Civil Rights Movement” and your knowledge of social

studies to answer the following question.

Why do you think the people of Montgomery, Alabama boycotted the city’s bus system after Rosa Parks

was arrested?

• They decided it was much easier to drive their own cars to work.

• They did not want to ride on the same bus that Rosa Parks was arrested on.

• They wanted to force the bus system to realize they needed the money the African American

  community provided for bus service.

• They felt they could walk to work faster than the bus could get them there.