End of Cold War to Present Day Assessment

Which court case ruled that segregated facilities for African Americans and whites were legal?

• Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
• Plessy vs. Ferguson
• Oliver Brown case

What African American helped start the modern civil rights movement by refusing to give up a seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama?

• Rosa Parks
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Andrew Young
• Oliver Brown

This person was a Civil Rights leader who used nonviolent actions, such as sit-ins, marches, freedom rides, etc. to fight for African American rights.

• George W. Bush
• Barack Obama
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1955, at the beginning of the civil rights movement, African Americans of Montgomery, Alabama refused to ride the buses because of unfair laws. What was this kind of demonstration?

• segregation
• a boycott
• integration
• a revolution

After the Supreme Court case "Brown vs. the Board of Education," it became illegal to:

• have separate drinking fountains for African Americans and whites
• sit on a bus
• have segregated schools based on race
• got to the movies

True or False: The collapse of the Soviet Union ended when the Soviet Union broke up into 15 independent countries.

• True
• False

After WWII, the city of Berlin, Germany was divided into two sections by a concrete wall. The west side of Berlin was capitalist while the eastern side was communist. What happened to the wall at the end of the Cold War when Berlin was liberated?

• People on both sides decided they would move out of Berlin and go to the United States.
• People of both sides left the wall where it was and enjoyed being separated by economic and political differences.
• People on both sides attacked the wall with axes and sledgehammers. They shouted, “Germany is free and one.”

What advances in technology had an effect on the lives of Americans in the early 1990’s?

• computers
• electronics
• satellites
• all of the above

What was the primary cause that led to the economic effects listed?

• decrease in global trade
• increase in global trade
• decrease in production

What is the main reason for the United States involvement with the region located above?

• cotton
• oil
• water
• wheat