A Changing Nation

What did it mean to have segregated schools in the South?

• a. Schools became run-down due to lack of tax revenue.

• b. Children could attend whichever school they wanted.

• c. Parents attended school with the children.

• d. Attendance was based on the color of the child’s skin.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was organized after _____________ refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger.

• a. Ruby Bridges

• b. Coretta Scott King

• c. Rosa Parks

• d. Gloria Ray Karlmark

In what year did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous “I Have a Dream” speech?

• a. 1955

• b. 1957

• c. 1960

• d. 1963

In which state did the Little Rock Nine attend school?

• a. Arkansas

• b. Mississippi

• c. Alabama

• d. Louisiana

In what year did Oliver Brown file a lawsuit against the Topeka Board of Education?

• a. 1951

• b. 1952

• c. 1953

• d. 1954

At which Washington D.C. landmark did Dr. King deliver his famous “I Have a Dream” speech?

• a. Washington Monument

• b. Lincoln Memorial

• c. The White House

• d. The Capitol Building

César Chávez was born in which state before moving to California?

• a. New Mexico

• b. Arizona

• c. Utah

• d. Nevada

. ____________ helped make people across the nation aware of the needs of the farm workers and bring important changes to the farm industry.

• a. Strikes

• b. The Great Depression

• c. Schools

• d. Migrant workers

In the early 1960s, about what percent of American families lived in poverty?

• a. 10 percent

• b. 20 percent

• c. 30 percent

• d. 40 percent

Rather than face impeachment, Nixon chose to ___________________.

• a. flee the country

• b. plead insanity

• c. resign as president

• d. run for reelection