Chapter 14-15 History Test

Match each person to their description.

• Alan B. Shepard

• First American in space

• John Glenn

• First American to orbit the Earth

• Neil Armstrong

• First man on the moon

Match the person to their description.

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• First Black American to be an adviser to the president

• Thurgood Marshall

• First Black American four-star general

• Rosa Parks

• The Montgomery bus boycott was formed to protest this person's arrest

• Chappie James

• After leading the March on Washington, he gave his "I have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

• Robert Weaver

• First Black American Supreme Court Justice

Who developed the polio vaccine?

• Dr. Jonas Salk

• Alan B. Shepard

• Billy Graham

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Match the person to their description.

• Fidel Castro

• Communist dictator of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis

• Douglas Engelbart

• Televised American evangelist known around the world

• Leonard Kleinrock

• Developed ARPAnet

• Billy Graham

• Invented the modern computer operated by a mouse

• John F. Kennedy

• During the Cuban Missile Crisis, this president succeeded in forcing the Soviet Union to remove nuclear weapons they had delivered to Cuba

What is the belief that God does not exist?

• Truce

• Great Society

• Atheism
• GI Bill of Rights

In what court case, did the Supreme Court end segregation in public schools?

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

• Great Society v. Board of Education of Topeka

• Fidel Castro v. Education of Topeka

• United Nations v. Education of Topeka

What was founded by the National Security Act for national security?

• CIA

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Medicare

• United Nations

(a)   ensured equal housing rights for all Americans regardless of their skin color, religion, or national origin. (b)   outlawed discrimination in employment and in public places, such as public schools, government facilities, and programs.

(c)   guaranteed that the civil rights of Native Americans would not be taken away by tribal governments.

• Fair Housing Act of 1968

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968

What were ways people peacefully protested segregation? (Choose 3)

• Sit-ins

• Riots
• Freedom rides

• March on Washington

What made low-interest loans available to servicemen returning from war?

• Truce

• Medicare

• GI Bill of Rights

• United Nations