Last 1/2 of the 20th Century Quiz - Grade 5

What reduced the # of missiles in the US & Soviet Union?

• Bringing down the Berlin Wall

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• President Reagan

• INF Treaty

NASA is a part of what industry?

• aerospace

• nuclear

• military

• petrochemical

What is one of the many offshoot inventions NASA developed?

• lawnmowers

• satellites

• speed boats

• computers

What ended segregation in the U.S.?

• Brown V. Board of Education

• The Voting Act of 1965

• The aerospace program

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

What were the Southern laws that were unfair to African Americans in the South called?

• Civil Rights Laws

• Jim Crow Laws

• Voting Rights Laws

• Desegregation Laws

What ended literacy tests and poll taxes for Southern voters?

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Jim Crow Laws

Which is NOT a contribution of Rosa Parks?

• gave a speech at the March on Washington

• marched in protest of segregation

• volunteered at the NAACP

• arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus

What is a war with two stronger countries not being directly involved in the conflict but providing support to the side with views most like their own?

• cold war

• proxy war

• internal war

• civil war

What is a war called that has no actual fighting but there is tension between two nations?

• minor conflict

• proxy war

• hot zone

• cold war

What 3 year war was a proxy war in the 1950s?

• Vietnam War

• Civil War

• Korean War

• Cold War