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Unit 7 Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Having a large amount of money and owning many expensive things best describes

a)

Affluence

b)

Conformity

c)

Baby Boom

d)

Consumerism

2.

Having the same behavior as other people in a society or group best describes

a)

Affluence

b)

Conformity

c)

Baby Boom

d)

Consumerism

3.

Increased spending on goods such as cars, appliances, clothes best describes:

a)

Affluence

b)

Conformity

c)

Baby Boom

d)

Consumerism

4.

All of the following are factors that led to the growth of consumerism (buying goods) in the 1950s EXCEPT

a)

Strong economic growth

b)

Television Advertising

c)

Widespread availability of credit and credit cards

d)

Weak economic growth

5.

These laws allowed millions of veterans to attend college.

Provided tuition support Low cost college loans

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

G.I. Bill

c)

Voting Rights Act

d)

Motor Voter Bill

6.

A large increase in the number of births in the US after World War 2 was known as the

a)

Baby Surplus

b)

Baby boomerang

c)

Buy buy baby

d)

Baby boom

7.

The baby boom had the large impact on which of the following:

a)

consumerism - people bought more things

b)

Urbanization - people moving to cities

c)

Automobile safety

d)

Hospitalization - more people in the hospital

8.

The need to connected cities and suburbs allowed people to travel to work in cities and around the country led to the creation of the

a)

Urbanization - more people living in cities

b)

Increased consumerism

c)

Interstate Highway System

d)

Development of high speed railroads

9.

People moving from cities to areas near but outside the city best describes

a)

Urbanization

b)

Urbana Maryland

c)

Suburbanization

d)

Suboptimization

10.

The Interstate Highway System lead to Americans spending more on new things like drive-in restaurants, drive-in movie theaters, road trips - this was known as

a)

Car culture

b)

Wanderlust

c)

Mobilization

d)

Suburbanization

11.

This Supreme Court case that required ALL american schools to end segregation and integrate schools.

a)

Brown vs. Board of Education

b)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

c)

State of New Jersey vs. TLO

d)

Griswold vs. Connecticut

12.

The name of seven large suburban housing developments (with nearly identical houses) created in the United States during the 1950s were called

a)

Kentlands

b)

Urbana

c)

Gaithersburg

d)

Levittown

13.

In 1955 the brutal murder of this 14 year old boy, and the pictures of his body was a spark for the civil rights movement

a)

Emmett Till

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Medgar Evers

d)

James Farmer

14.

This philosophy preaches non-violence - people would break laws that were unjust. Idea is that by breaking law and being arrested - you are bringing attention to this unjust law to get people to change it.

a)

Boycott

b)

Civil Disobedience

c)

Passive Resistance

d)

Rioting

15.

Seen as the first victory for non-violent civil disobedience. AA’s protested racist policies in Montgomery Alabama by

a)

boycotting city buses

b)

buying only from black run businesses

c)

holding "sit-ins" at lunch counters

d)

marching on Washington D.C.

16.

Starting in Greensboro NC, students sat at a white only lunch counter and were arrested. This inspired many other people to do the same thing at other restaurants and public places. This describes the

a)

march on Selma

b)

Montgomery bus boycott

c)

Sit in movement

d)

Birmingham campaign

17.

This event, had hundreds of thousands of people came to hear MLK speak. He gave the “I have a dream” speech, which helped convince many people that AA’s must get equal rights.

a)

march on Selma

b)

Little Rock Nine

c)

march on Washington

d)

Montgomery bus boycott

18.

To protest lack of voting rights, AA’s peacefully marched and were attacked by the police. People saw the film on the news and were shocked by the police brutally. This event helped lead to the Voter Rights Act.

a)

march on selma

b)

march on Washington

c)

Little Rock Nine

d)

Sit in movement

19.

This law outlawed discrimination in public places and in employment (jobs).

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

Brown vs. Board of Education

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

The New Deal

20.

This law protected AA’s voting rights from illegal practices like poll taxes and literacy tests. This led to a huge increase in the number of AA’s that were registered to vote.

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

Brown vs. Board of Education

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

The New Deal

21.

To keep AA's from voting, some southern states required people to pay a fee before they could vote these were called

a)

Poll Taxes

b)

Grandfather Clauses

c)

Literacy Tests

d)

Separate but equal

22.

To keep African Americans from voting, some southern states required AA's to pay unfair tests before they could register to vote - they were known as

a)

Poll Taxes

b)

Literacy Tests

c)

History Tests

d)

Grandfather clauses

23.

After the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board that all schools must integrate, many southern states

a)

quickly integrated schools

b)

did little to integrate schools

c)

challenged the decision in court

d)

voted for Kennedy for President

24.

Nine African American students chosen to attend the all white Central High School in Arkansas were known as the

a)

Little Rock Nine

b)

Selma Nine

c)

Arkansas Integration Team

d)

The Special Niners

25.

President Eisenhower sent US army troops to Little Rock to protect the AA's students and allow them to go to the all white high school because,

a)

It was an election year

b)

The state was not following federal laws

c)

He wanted to protest the Brown v. Board decision

d)

He wanted to take over Arkansas