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WorksheetsThe Fifties and Sixties
Total questions: 160
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who won the election of 1960?
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Kennedy
d)
Nixon
2.
Who was the youngest president ever elected?
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Kennedy
d)
Nixon
3.
Which President established the Peace Corps?
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Kennedy
d)
Nixon
4.
Which president challenged the nation to safely put a man on the moon and return him to Earth safely before the decades end?
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Kennedy
d)
Nixon
5.
In the election of 1960 people who heard the Presidential Debate on Radio believed ___________ won.
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Kennedy
d)
Nixon
6.
In the election of 1960 people who watched the Presidential Debate on television believed ___________ won.
a)
Truman
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Kennedy
d)
Nixon
7.
Who was appointed Attorney General for John F. Kennedy?
a)
Robert McNamara
b)
Robert Kennedy
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Hubert Humphrey
8.
Who was appointed Secretary of Defense for John F. Kennedy?
a)
Robert McNamara
b)
Robert Kennedy
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Hubert Humphrey
9.
Who was the Premier of the Soviet Union who ordered the Berlin Wall built?
a)
Khrushchev
b)
Gorbachev
c)
Andropov
d)
Stalin
10.
Where did the Soviet Union attempt to place Missiles in 1961 almost leading to a Nuclear War between the USA and USSR?
a)
Cuba
b)
Turkey
c)
Panama
d)
Santo Domingo
11.
Who was the Communist Leader of Cuba during the Bay of Pigs disaster?
a)
Raul Castro
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Hugo Chavez
d)
Che Guevera
12.
Which of the following was NOT an issue during the 1960 Election?
a)
Kennedy's age and inexperience
b)
Nixon's involvement in the Red Scare
c)
Impact of the TV debates
d)
Cold War concerns
13.
Which event was a CIA-sponsored invasion that failed miserably?
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Alliance for Progress
c)
Bay of Pigs
d)
Marshall Plan
14.
The goal of the Bay of Pigs incident was
a)
Overthrow of Nikita Khrushchev
b)
Removal of nuclear missile sites
c)
Protection of communism in Europe
d)
Overthrow of Fidel Castro
15.
The U.S. met the Cuban Missile Crisis with which action?
a)
Naval quarantine of offensive weaponry
b)
Air strikes on missile sites on island
c)
Launching Bay of Pigs operation
d)
Presented case to UN for sanctions
16.
Which was NOT a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Removal of missiles from Cuba & Turkey
b)
Treaty agreeing to reduce nuclear capacities
c)
U.S. promise to not invade Cuba
d)
Establish a hotline between U.S. & U.S.S.R.
17.
The Berlin Wall was built around
a)
East Berlin to separate from West Berlin
b)
Berlin to separate from East Germany
c)
West Berlin to separate from East Germany
d)
Berlin to separate from West Germany
18.
The purpose of the Berlin Wall was to
a)
East Germans from fleeing to East Berlin
b)
West Germans from fleeing to East Berlin
c)
West Germans from fleeing to West Berlin
d)
Prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin
19.
Which of the following was an example of Kennedy's New Frontier program?
a)
Forceful containment of communism
b)
Peace Corps
c)
Military interventions in Latin America to protect democracies
d)
Developing greater nuclear capabilities
20.
Which fact about the JFK Assassination is NOT true?
a)
Alleged shots fired from Texas Schoolbook Depository
b)
Shot during motorcade in Dallas, TX
c)
Lee Harvey Oswald will be found guilty & executed
d)
Fourth U.S. President to be assassinated in office
21.
The Warren Commission determined that
a)
Secret Service agents skillfully saved others in motorcade
b)
Multiple shooters were involved in assassination
c)
Cuban or Soviet agents were likely involved in plot
d)
Oswald acted alone in the plot
22.
Who did JFK defeat to win the 1960 Election?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Dwight Eisenhower
c)
Lyndon Johnson
d)
Harry Truman
23.
Communist leader of Cuba who openly supported the Soviet Union
a)
Robert Kennedy
b)
Nikita Khrushchev
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Yuri Gagarin
24.
The 1960 CIA operation to overthrow Fidel Castro and the Cuban government. It failed miserably.
a)
U-2 Incident
b)
Bay of Pigs
c)
Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
Berlin Wall
25.
The situation when Cuba had nuclear missiles ready to launch and the U.S. blockaded Cuba threatening nuclear war
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Berlin Crisis
c)
Bay of Pigs
d)
Guatemalan War
26.
Nikita Khrushchev had this built to keep Eastern Germans from fleeing to the democratic West Germany
a)
Iron Curtain
b)
Bay of Pigs
c)
Berlin Wall
d)
Great Wall of China
27.
President Kennedy's broad vision for the U.S. He hoped to explore space and fight against poverty and racism
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Society
c)
New Frontier
d)
New America
28.
The program created to lead space exploration and research
a)
Department of Defense
b)
Homeland Security
c)
NASA
d)
STARS Alliance
29.
President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, Texas
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Who is the man charged with killing President Kennedy?
a)
Lee Harvey Oswald
b)
Jack Ruby
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
John Wilkes Booth
31.
What religion was President John F. Kennedy, it caused Americans to worry
a)
Roman Catholic
b)
Jew
c)
Protestant
d)
Hindu
32.
President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev met together at the _______ Summit.
a)
Versailles
b)
Vincennes
c)
Vienna
d)
Verona
33.
Kennedy's initial response to discovering nuclear missiles in Cuba was
a)
Attack Cuba
b)
Blockade Cuba
c)
Bomb the missile sites
d)
Bay of Pigs invasion
34.
The name of a famous music festival in the 60s.
a)
Country Fest
b)
Woodstock
c)
Coachella
d)
Bieber Fever
35.
In 1962, violence broke out because of the first black student to enroll in Ole Miss! President Kennedy had to protect the student with federal troops
a)
Mississippi Riots connected to James Meredith
b)
Riots in Birmingham
36.
The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
37.
In 1966, in Oakland, California, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale formed a group who preached black nationalism and socialism
a)
Black Panthers
b)
Freedom Rides
38.
African Americans form their own political party in 1964, and forced the National Democratic Convention to compromise to eventually make equality a party issue
a)
sit-in campaigns
b)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
39.
Person who was killed on June 6, 1968, while campaigning for the Democratic nomination for president; was shot and killed in an Los Angeles hotel after speaking about his win in the California primary
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr
b)
Robert Kennedy
40.
On February 1, 1960, four black college students in Greensboro, N.C. tried to integrate the lunch counter at F.W. Woolworth; this type of protest spread across the south and became very effective
a)
sit-in campaign
b)
Riots in Birmingham
41.
On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people joined together at the Lincoln Memorial in order to try to put pressure on Congress to pass the civil rights legislation
a)
March on Washington
b)
Selma Voting Rights marches
42.
Black nationalist leader who for awhile was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam; talked about black freedom “by any means necessary;” was assassinated on February 21, 1965, in NYC by Nation of Islam members
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
43.
Person who was killed on April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony outside his hotel room at Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee after trying to help black sanitation workers receive better working conditions
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Robert Kennedy
44.
In 1961, “ CORE organizes bus trips to the South to test the new Interstate Commerce Commission regulations and court orders banning segregation in interstate transportation.” Riders are beaten by mobs in Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama
a)
Freedom Rides
b)
Freedom summer of 1964
45.
The federal law prohibiting discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; the federal government would enforce desegregation
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
46.
In March 1965, three demonstrations for voting rights occurred; the first ended in violence and the third went about 50 miles to Montgomery, Alabama
a)
March on Washington
b)
Selma Voting Rights marches
47.
In 1968 _____ ______ won the presidential election against the Democratic Candidate Herbert Humphrey.
a)
Jimmy Carter
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
Robert Kennedy
d)
Lyndon Johnson
48.
Richard Nixon was the first president to visit China to meet with _________, the Chinese leader, which led to reopening trade with China.
a)
Mao Zadong
b)
Hirohito
c)
Sun Yat-Sen
d)
Xi Jinping
49.
Who was the first American astronaut to orbit the earth?
a)
Alan B. Shepherd
b)
John Glenn
c)
Gus Grissom
d)
Yuri Garagin
50.
The first landing on the moon occurred?
a)
In 1967
b)
In 1969
c)
In 1971
d)
In 1975
51.
Who said "This is one small step for man, it is one giant leap for mankind"?
a)
Lance Armstrong
b)
Buzz Aldrin
c)
Jim Lovell
d)
Neal Armstrong
52.
Why did the U.S. support French colonial rule of Vietnam after WWII?
a)
to stop Vietnam from becoming communist
b)
the U.S. likes colonies, even French ones
c)
the French promised to support American colonies
d)
China promised to stay out of Vietnam because of France
53.
Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Le Duc Tho
b)
Ngo Deinh Diem
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Vo Nguyen Giap
54.
What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?
a)
Domino theory
b)
MAD theory
c)
Containment theory
d)
China Syndrome
55.
What type of warfare did the Vietcong use during the Vietnam War?
a)
modern, mechanized warfare
b)
hit-and-run guerrilla warfare
c)
archaic, stone-age warfare
d)
kung fu, blades and bows warfare
56.
What major NVA & Vietcong offensive in South Vietnam surprised Americans beginning on 1/30/68?
a)
New Year's Offensive
b)
Ho Chi Minh Offensive
c)
Tet Offensive
d)
Saigon Offensive
57.
What was the term Nixon used to describe South Vietnamese taking over fighting in the conflict?
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Militarization
c)
Americanization
d)
Democratization
58.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by President
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Kennedy
c)
Johnson
d)
Nixon
59.
The lunch counter “sit-ins” were meant to
a)
antagonize the restaurant owners.
b)
draw attention to segregation and challenge the law.
c)
provoke police intervention.
d)
protest rising food costs
60.
SNCC stood for:
a)
Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee
b)
School Nurse's Care Comittee
c)
Southern Nonviolent Coordination Committee
d)
Student Nonviolent Cooperation Committee
61.
Court Case that overturned the 1896 Separate but Equal case was
a)
Brown v. BOE ,1954
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1964
62.
What was the purpose of LBJ's Great Society?
a)
end poverty
b)
end drug trafficking
c)
end lynching
d)
fix the economy
63.
This is a pre-school program for low-income children
a)
Medicaid
b)
Junior Kindergarten
c)
Head Start
d)
Medicare
64.
Reasons that Kennedy defeated Nixon included:
a)
Television Debates
b)
The Berlin Crisis
c)
His military policy
d)
Kennedy's Age
65.
Who wrote the book "Silent Spring"
a)
Rachel Carson
b)
Roe V. Wade
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Lyndon B. Johnson
66.
What country was the first to send a man to space?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
USA
c)
Germany
d)
England
67.
Who led the migrant farm workers?
a)
Martin Luther King
b)
Bobby Kennedy
c)
Cesar Chavez
d)
ZJoan Baez
68.
What is the name of the farm workers union that protected the rights of migrant farm workers?
a)
United Nations
b)
Great Society
c)
New Deal
d)
United Farm Workers Union
69.
Which civil rights leader supported civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance and desegregation.
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Stokely Carmichael
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Malcolm X
70.
Cesar Chavez created the United Farm Workers. What did they fight for?
a)
Public funded health care for children
b)
Better economic treatment of migrant workers
c)
A retirement system for farm laborers
d)
equal employment opportunities for women
71.
This Vice President became the President after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Robert Kennedy
c)
Lyndon B. Johnson
72.
Why did John Carlos and Tommie Smith carry out the action in the photo at the 1968 olympics
a)
They wanted to bring people together after the assassinations of 1968
b)
They wanted to leave the U.S
c)
They were protesting the fact that the olympics were held in Mexico
d)
They protesting against communism
73.
In what year was the American Indian Movement founded?
a)
1968
b)
1776
c)
1865
d)
1985
74.
What event caused the American people to question the war differently and made news reports were more pessimistic?
a)
Invasion of North Vietnam
b)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
c)
Tet Offensive
d)
Gulf of Tonkin
75.
The anti-war movement at home became more intense and even violent. 4 students were killed at ________ by the national guardsmen when they were protesting the war on campus.
a)
Kansas State
b)
Kent State
c)
California State
d)
Ohio State
76.
Those in support of Nixon and the war and who did not express their opinions publicly like the protesters were the:
a)
Silent Minority
b)
Silent Majority
c)
Silent Supporters
d)
None of the above
77.
Which amendment gave 18 year-olds the right to vote?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
26th
78.
At the Democratic Convention in this city in 1968, violent riots took place.
a)
New York
b)
San Francisco
c)
Los Angeles
d)
Chicago
79.
What gave war powers back to congress after the Vietnam War?
a)
War Powers Act
b)
Immigration Act
c)
Tonkin Resolution Act
d)
Civil Rights Act
80.
South Vietnamese guerilla fighters; opposed Diem & supplied by Ho Chi Minh
a)
Vietcong
b)
Vietminh
c)
Flying Tigers
d)
Indochinese
81.
Aerial bombing campaign of N. Vietnam after Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
a)
Operation Rolling Thunder
b)
Operation Overlord
c)
Operation Torch
d)
Operation Tropic Thunder
82.
After the TET offensive, American public opinion was more...
a)
against the war
b)
in favor of the war
c)
hawkish
d)
indifferent
83.
The communist leader of North Vietnam was...
a)
General Tso
b)
Ho Chi Minh
c)
Chairman Mao Tse Tung
d)
General Chow Mein
84.
The election of 1960s was between
a)
Kennedy & Johnson
b)
Kennedy & Goldwater
c)
Nixon & Johnson
d)
Kennedy & Nixon
85.
Kennedy's domestic program was called
a)
the Peace Corp
b)
the New Frontier
c)
the New Deal
d)
the Great Society
86.
Which constitutional amendment outlawed poll taxes?
a)
20
b)
18
c)
24
d)
27
87.
This was the plan to train exiled Cubans to overthrow Fidel Castro
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Cubanization
c)
Bay of Pigs
d)
Gulf of Tonkin
88.
He was the first person to walk on the moon.
a)
John Glenn
b)
Yuri Gagarin
c)
Neil Armstrong
d)
Sputnik
89.
Johnson's domestic program was called
a)
New Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
Awesome Society
d)
Great Society
90.
U.S. soldiers murdered civilians in this Vietnamese village.
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Tonkin
c)
Diem
d)
My Lai
91.
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
a)
Neil Armstrong
b)
Yuri Gagarin
c)
John Glenn
d)
Buzz Aldrin
92.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Kennedy administration?
a)
Stalin
b)
Khrushchev
c)
Lennin
93.
What did the 38th parallel separate?
a)
Korea
b)
Vietnam
c)
Berlin
d)
Hungary
94.
This Soviet was the first man in space.
a)
Khrushchev
b)
Brezhnev
c)
Gagarin
d)
Sputnik
95.
Was responsible for discovering who assassinated JFK
a)
Warren Commission
b)
LBJ Commission
c)
Oswald Commission
d)
JFK Commission
96.
This provided low-cost medical insurance to people over 65
a)
Medicaid
b)
Medicare
c)
Head Start
d)
VISTA
97.
What was JFK's program to develop economic cooperation between U.S. & Latin America?
a)
Alliance for Progress
b)
Green Peace
c)
Peace Corps
d)
Army Corps of Engineers
98.
Who created the interstate highway system?
a)
Armstrong
b)
Eisnhower
c)
Gagarin
d)
Truman
99.
William Levitt was
a)
A stock broker
b)
involved in mass production of suburbs
c)
involved in the interstate highway building
d)
none of the above
100.
National defense education act was to
a)
Train scientists
b)
train solidiers
c)
improve the education system
d)
to fight communism
101.
The first man in space was
a)
Yuri Gagarin
b)
Neil Armstrong
c)
Dwight D Eisenhower
102.
Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?
a)
Membership in the US Communist Party increased
b)
US Citizens were arrested for being suspected communists
c)
Recruitment procedures for the US military branches were reformed
d)
US diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely
103.
What program aided the rebuilding of Western Europe?
a)
Truman Doctrine
b)
NATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Marshall Plan
104.
What was the mutual defense alliance of non comminist nations?
a)
NATO
b)
Warsaw Pact
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Open Skies
105.
Post World War II tensions increased between these two nations?
a)
United States and United Kingdom
b)
Japan and the Soviet Union
c)
United States and the Soviet Union
d)
Germany and Japan
106.
The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:
a)
Contain communism
b)
Provide weapons to democratic countries
c)
Destroy communism
d)
Provide collective security
107.
What organization was created by Congress to hunt for communist spies?
a)
Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA)
b)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
c)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
d)
House Un-American Activites Commitee (HUAC)
108.
How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union’s Berlin blockade?
a)
airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin
b)
withdrew its troops from Germany
c)
sent troops into the Soviet zone of Germany
d)
built a wall between East Berlin and West Berlin
109.
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
a)
The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
b)
The war was fought during winter months only
c)
Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
d)
There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers
110.
What country was the head of the Warsaw Pact?
a)
Germany
b)
Soviet Union
c)
China
d)
North Korea
111.
What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?
a)
The United States would immediately try to liberate all of the countries behind the iron curtain.
b)
The United States would nationalize the Suez Canal.
c)
The United States would use force to help Middle Eastern nations threatened by communism.
d)
The United States would recognize the People’s Republic of China.
112.
What was the Iron Curtain?
a)
the boundary between Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe
b)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
c)
the boundary between the United States and Mexico
d)
the wall dividing East and West Berlin
113.
Sputnik 1 was launched by:
a)
US
b)
USSR
114.
The Cold War was mainly focused on the U.S and their fight against ___.
a)
Socialism
b)
Fascism
c)
Communism
d)
Exorcisms
115.
For what crime were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg found guilty and put to death?
a)
perjury
b)
murder
c)
espionage
d)
embezzlement
116.
What vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, would have kept FDR out of his wheelchair?
a)
Polio
b)
Multiple Sclerosis
c)
Rickets
d)
HIV/AIDS
117.
One of the benefits that the GI Bill of Rights offered to returning veterans was ___.
a)
counseling
b)
low-interest loans
c)
free homes
d)
government jobs
118.
Truman ordered the desegregation of this, known as Executive Order 9981?
a)
armed forces
b)
public schools
c)
public transportation
d)
automobile factories
119.
Which of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik1?
a)
The US began a period of technology sharing with the USSR
b)
The US Gov't founded a Fed. Agency dedicated to space exploration
c)
The USSR was unable to collect images of the US from space
d)
The USSR collapsed because of economic competition
120.
What was tested during the 1950s?
a)
Hydrogen Bomb
b)
Atomic Bomb
c)
Neutron Bomb
d)
BonBon
121.
The US was involved in what war during the 1950s?
a)
Vietnam
b)
Korean
c)
Asian
d)
Seven Days
122.
Who was US President during the 1950s?
a)
Nixon
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Eisenhower
d)
Kennedy
123.
The USSR launched what satellite?
a)
Star Jet
b)
Sputnik
c)
Skylab
d)
Appollo I
124.
Who was US Vice President during the 1950s?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Nixon
d)
Kennedy
125.
Who was executed for espionage during the 1950s?
a)
the Lindberghs
b)
Emilia Earhart
c)
the Rosenbergs
d)
The Boeings
126.
Who headed a communist witch hunt?
a)
McCarthy
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Lodge
d)
Stevens
127.
What WWII hero was elected president after Truman?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Kennedy
d)
Ford
128.
The Rosenbergs and Alger Hiss are known for what?
a)
Being Soviet Spys
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Being WWII heroes
d)
Making killer macaroni and cheese
129.
Which Civil Rights Leader also became the first African American to serve on the US Supreme Court?
a)
WEB Du Bois
b)
Martin Luther King Jr
c)
Thurgood Marshall
d)
Rosa Parks
130.
Which of the following is not true about McCarthyism?
a)
It was the hunting down of suspected Communist in America
b)
Its leader was Joseph McCarthy
c)
The House Un-American Activities Committe (HUAC) participated
d)
If Communist were discovered they were immediately executed
131.
Who was put in charge of the American forces in Korea and even wanted to use the atomic bomb against China?
a)
John Bassilone
b)
Douglas MacArthur
c)
Harry Truman
d)
Richard Nixon
132.
As a result of the Berlin Airlift, the United States was able to -
a)
bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict
b)
transport Polish refugees to safety
c)
prevent the Nazi Party from reorganizing
d)
intimidate Soviet leaders by demonstrating superior military power
133.
Which of the following is an example of the Marshall Plan at work?
a)
The Soviet Union blockaded the city of Berlin.
b)
The United Nations sent military forces to Korea.
c)
The United States helped France rebuild its economy.
d)
The United States set up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
134.
The largest public works project during Eisenhower's administration presidency was
a)
space program
b)
building of Grand Coulee Dam
c)
offshore oil drilling
d)
construction of the interstate highway
135.
Why was the end of the Korean War considered a stalemate?
a)
The cold war continued.
b)
The North and South were still divided.
c)
Both the North and South lost many lives.
d)
The United States removed all of its troops.
136.
Which of the following boosted the defense industry after World War 2?
a)
The Civil Rights Movement
b)
AIDS Research
c)
The Baby Boom
d)
The Nuclear Arms Race
137.
In the 1950's most homes were built in the
a)
Cities
b)
Rural Areas
c)
Military bases
d)
Suburbs
138.
What color was associated with communism?
a)
Orange
b)
Red
c)
Blue
d)
Green
139.
Leading voice of the Civil Rights Movement; helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott; was a Baptist minister
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr
140.
Supreme Court decision in 1954, stating that “separate but equal” was unconstitutional; over ruled Plessy v Ferguson; called for integration of schools in the U.S.
a)
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
b)
Brown v Board of Education of Kansas City, Kansas
141.
The governor of Arkansas who denied black students the right to attend Central High School and who called in the National Guard to prevent these students from attending school
a)
Orval Faubus
b)
George Wallace
142.
The students who at first were kept from attending Central High School in 1957, by the National Guard, but then were escorted to classes by the 101st Airborne sent by President Eisenhower
a)
Emmett Till
b)
Little Rock Nine
143.
The person who refused to give up the seat on the city bus in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955, and started a boycott that lasted over a year; resulted in the Supreme Court declaring segregation on buses unconstitutional
a)
Ida B. Wells
b)
Rosa Parks
144.
For 381 days African Americans refused to ride on the buses in order to force desegregation of the buses
a)
Montgomery Boycott
b)
Freedom Rides
145.
In 1955, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago who supposedly flirted with a white woman in Money, Mississippi, was killed by her husband and dumped into the Tallahatchie River weighted down with a cotton gin fan and barbed wire.
a)
Emmett Till
b)
Orval Faubus
146.
Organization formed in 1942, to work for equality for African Americans; was involved in organizing protests in the north for desegregation in the 1940s and then, in the south in the 1960s
a)
Congress of Racial Equality
b)
NAACP
c)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
d)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
147.
After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to
a)
let African Americans ride the bus.
b)
deny someone of a job because of their race.
c)
fire someone for not doing their job.
d)
kick someone out of the military.
148.
Which civil rights leader spoke at the 1963 March on Washington and won the Nobel Prize for Peace?
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Thurgood Marshall
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Stokely Carmichael
149.
What event was organized after Rosa Parks was arrested?
a)
Birmingham bus boycott
b)
Atlanta bus boycott
c)
Memphis bus boycott
d)
Montgomery bus boycott
150.
What court case stated, "We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherintly unequal."
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Tinker v. Des Moines
d)
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
151.
This increased voting rights by getting rid of the poll tax and literacy tests.
a)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
b)
Title IX
c)
Immigration Act of 1965
d)
Brown v. Board of Education
152.
Which lawyer argued against segregation in the Brown V. Board of Education ?
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Clarence Thomas
c)
John Roberts
d)
Earl Warren
153.
_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC.
a)
Harry Belafonte
b)
Barack Obama
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
Jesse Jackson
154.
Keeping things or people separate
a)
prejudice
b)
union
c)
confederate
d)
segregation
155.
A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product?
a)
march
b)
boycott
c)
sit in
d)
activist
156.
Who traveled south to test whether buses were integrating or not?
a)
Freedom Writings
b)
Freedom Riders
c)
Freedom Tarcs
d)
Freedom Tacos
157.
What strategy did MLK NOT use when fighting for equal rights?
a)
Sit-ins
b)
Marches
c)
Protests
d)
Violent Riots
158.
Which of the following IS something that can be used to decide whether a person can vote?
a)
person is a U.S. citizen
b)
owns a home
c)
race
d)
male or female
159.
Who was the U.S. Senator who was assassinated while running for president in 1968?
a)
Robert F. Kennedy
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Martin Luther King
d)
Lee Harvey Oswald
160.
How did the assassination of MLK affect the Civil Rights Movement?
a)
It had no effect
b)
The movement continued because he wasn't that important
c)
People were heartbroken and the movement slowed
d)
The movement gained strength because people of all races were outraged
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