Eisenhower & Kennedy

What was the name of the first satellite launched into space?

• Explorer

• Mercury

• Voyager

• Sputnik

What was the impact of the launch of Sputnik on the United States?

• It made the United States feel threatened by the Soviet Union's technological advancements.

• It made the United States feel more competitive in the global arena.

• It made the United States more determined to stop space development

• It made the United States complacent

What significant accomplishment did the United States achieve in the Space Race?

• Developing the first reusable spacecraft

• Landing a man on the moon

• Establishing the first international space station

• Constructing the first space telescope

Supreme Court case where the court ruled that racial segregation of schools violated the Constitution, segregated schools were unequal.

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Desegregation
• Lau v. Nichols
• Civil Rights Act

He/she refused to give up a seat on the bus to a white man. Led to Montgomery Bus Boycott.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• James Earl Ray

• Thurgood Marshall

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Rosa Parks

14yo African American boy beaten brutally to death in Mississippi

• Emmett Till

• George Wallace

• Freedom Riders

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Why did Emmett Till's mother hold an open-casket funeral in Chicago?

• To demonstrate the brutality of racism
• To show off her son's body
• To prove that her son had been murdered
• To intimidate the killers

How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?

• Just over a year

• Six months

• Two months

• Three weeks

• 1 day

What leader of the boycott later became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement?

• Booker T. Washington

• Frederick Douglass

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Rosa Parks

A group of college students who held sit-ins at segregated restaurants along with promoted voter registration:

• Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• Children of MLK Together

• All Civil Rights Activists United

• Tuskegee Coalition