Test Review- Post WWII and Civil Rights Movement

In the 1950s, why did people's shopping habits change?

• They spent less on new items found in stores.

• They spent more in downtown shopping areas.

• They spent more at suburban shopping centers.

• The spent less on items advertised on television.

Why did many Americans move to the suburbs in the 1950s?

• Houses were larger and more affordable.

• They had a shorter commute to work.

• It was expensive to own and maintain a car.

• Corporate farms were buying rural areas.

What was Sputnik?

• The strongest nuclear bomb ever created.

• A Soviet satellite that was the first in space.

• The spacecraft that carried Americans to the moon.

• A machine that was used to spy on foreign nations.

In order to keep nuclear weapons from reaching Cuba, the United States...

• built a dividing wall

• set up a naval blockade

• constructed a hydrogen bomb.

• started a "no weapons" club.

In Brown v Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall argued that

• all public schools should be segregated

• students should attend schools closest to their homes.

• black teachers should be paid the same as white teachers.

• new textbooks were necessary for students in black schools

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in the following teaching of which leader?

• John F. Kennedy

• Mohandas Gandhi

• Lyndon B Johnson

• his dad

On July 21, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to ever...

• walk on the moon

• organize a student rally

• ride a desegregated bus

• challenge a civil rights law

President John F Kennedy was assassinated while

• riding in a car in Texas

• standing on a balcony at a motel.

• speaking at the National Mall

• addressing Congress about civil rights protests

What is a benefit of the Interstate Highway System?

• It fuels consumerism.

• It was inexpensive to build.

• It was based on the European system.

• It allows for the easier transport of goods from state to state.

Look at the cartoon. What struggle that the US was involved in during the 1950s does the cartoon represent?

• arms race

• space race

• World War II

• Civil Rights Movement