SS5H6 Test

The television brought which advantage(s) to Americans? (SS5H6d)

• Americans could see AND hear the news
• Companies could advertise with visual commercials
• Citizens could watch election and current events
• All of the above

Which country was the first to launch a man into space? (SS5H6d)

• Soviet Union
• United States
• United Kingdom

Examine the photograph below. Which nation was the first to land a man on the moon? (SS5H6d)

• Soviet Union
• United States
• United Kingdom

The Jim Crow Laws were laws in the South that enforced _____. (SS5H6a)

• racial segregation
• bus boycotts
• all men over the age of 18 to join the armed forces

Examine the photograph below. The woman pictured below is Rosa Parks. Which movement did she start in the 1950s? (SS5H6b)

• The March on Washington Movement
• The Montgomery Bus Boycott Movement
• The Voting Rights Act

What was the Civil Rights Movement? (SS5H6b)

• a social movement in the 1950s and 1960s
• a push for desegregation
• a push to end discrimination
• all of the above

Which Supreme Court case ended racial segregation in schools? (SS5H6b)

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Thurgood Marshall case
• Plessy v. Ferguson

Who became the face of the Civil Rights Movement? (SS5H6b)

• John F. Kennedy
• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King, Jr.

What types of protests did Civil Rights leaders believe in? (SS5H6b)

• violent
• nonviolent
• aggressive

Which best describes Thurgood Marshall? (SS5H6b)

• the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court
• the first African American to improve farming conditions
• the first African American to lead nonviolent protests