Chapter 20: Degrees of Freedom Quiz

What year did the Greensboro sit-ins begin?

• 1957

• 1960

• 1959

• 1961

Who was the first human in space?

• Neil Armstrong

• John Glenn

• Yuri Gagarin

• Alan Shepard

What did the students at the lunch counter at Woolworth's drugstore try to order?

• A sandwich

• Ice cream

• Water

• A cup of coffee

Where did Rosa Parks work after moving from Alabama?

• A university's faculty dining room

• A library

• A high school

• A bus station

What was the name of the chimpanzee that went on a sub-orbital flight?

• Charlie

• Ham

• Buzz

• Apollo

What did NASA purchase at the end of 1960 to enhance their computing capabilities?

• Apple I computers

• IBM 7D90 computers

• ENIAC computers

• IBM 650 computers

What was the name of the capsule in the first United States manned space mission?

• Gemini 3

• Liberty Bell 7

• Freedom 7

• Apollo 11

Who was the astronaut on the first United States manned space mission?

• John Glenn

• Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins

• Alan Shepard

What was the main goal President Kennedy set for the nation regarding space exploration?

• To orbit the Earth

• To land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth

• To build a space station

• To explore Mars

Where was the new site for mission control chosen?

• Houston

• Washington D.C.

• Hampton

• Cape Canaveral