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Review for IA5

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, which led to the bus boycotts throughout the city. Which letter represents where this event took place?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

2.

Jim Crow laws were designed to ___________.

a)

improve working conditions for African American men

b)

separate individuals in public based on their race

c)

make sure all children received an excellent education

d)

help citizens learn how to vote in elections

3.

This image represents the ratification of the __________ Amendment.

a)

Fifteenth

b)

Twenty-third

c)

Tenth

d)

Twenty-sixth

4.

The 15th Amendment ensured that the right to vote could not be denied based on _________________.

a)

age

b)

gender

c)

wealth

d)

race

5.

After WWII, which 2 countries emerged as international world superpowers?

a)

the Soviet Union and Germany

b)

the Soviet Union and Austria

c)

the United States and France

d)

the United States and the Soviet Union

6.

Cesar Chavez was best known for helping ___________ get better workers' rights in the United States.

a)

teachers

b)

farmers

c)

actors

d)

politicians

7.

Thurgood Marshall helped end segregation in southern schools by _____________________.

a)

becoming President of the United States

b)

acting as Linda Brown's attorney in Brown v. Board of Education

c)

becoming the Governor of Arkansas

d)

joining the March on Washington

8.

Jim Crow laws allowed public places to be segregated by race. In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was against the law. This court case was ________________.

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Marshall v. Georgia

d)

King v. Alabama

9.

President John F. Kennedy ordered the Navy to blockade Cuba in 1962 in order to ________________.

a)

prevent the Soviet Union from sending additional missiles to Cuba

b)

keep Cuban immigrants from entering the United States

c)

give them something to do

d)

expand our US borders

10.

Nikita Khrushchev almost caused nuclear war when he _________________.

a)

built the Berlin Wall

b)

put missiles in Cuba and pointed them towards the United States

c)

launched the first man into space

d)

sent troops to help fight the Korean War

11.

Who accused members of the United States Army and government of being communist spies?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Robert F. Kennedy

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Joseph McCarthy

12.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created to _________________.

a)

build nuclear missiles in order to stop the spread of communism

b)

flush out communist spies in the United States

c)

keep peace through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

d)

assist countries if they were attacked by another country's military

13.

Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?

a)

to gain more missiles from Korea

b)

to gain more land in Asia

c)

to contain the spread of communism

d)

to be liked by all Korean citizens

14.

The Cuban Missile Crisis began when __________.

a)

a Cuban plane photographed US ships in Cuba

b)

the Soviet Union threatened the United States if they didn't end the Korean War

c)

a US spy plane photographed Soviet missiles being sent to Cuba

d)

Cuba threatened to attack the US if they didn't end the Korean War

15.

President John F. Kennedy's major goal for the space program was _____________.

a)

sending Americans to live on Mars

b)

to put a man on the moon

c)

to gather all the infinity stones

d)

to take pictures of all the planets in the galaxy

16.

TV was new technology that allowed Americans to watch live events happen almost instantly. How did this impact the Vietnam War?

a)

More Americans enlisted in the Army because the war was a huge success.

b)

TV allowed families to keep in touch with one another.

c)

Reporters showed the horrors of the war which caused many Americans to call for an end to the war.

d)

TV reporters were giving away our military secrets.

17.

Which event caused television to become the primary media outlet for Americans?

a)

coverage of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

b)

coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy

c)

coverage of the assassination of Robert Kennedy

d)

coverage of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

18.

Winston Churchill stated that it was like an Iron Curtain had fallen across the continent. This occurred during _______________.

a)

the Cold War

b)

the Civil War

c)

World War II

d)

World War I

19.

What imaginary line separated free Western Europe from Communist Eastern Europe during the Cold War?

a)

iron curtain

b)

equator

c)

communist-capitalist divide

d)

Stalin's shield

20.

On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan gave a speech in front of the Berlin Wall. He asked Mr. Gorbachev to tear down this wall! He was hoping to _________________.

a)

help end Nazi aggression during WWII

b)

help the United States win the Cold War

c)

help end the Great Depression in the United States

d)

help end WWI

21.

In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was allowed, as long as it was 'equal'. Which court case stated this decision?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

King v. Georgia

d)

Marshall v. Georgia

22.

The Space Race benefitted the United States ___________.

a)

because new fuel resources were created for electric cars

b)

because it brought an end to the Cold War

c)

because we began trading with the Soviet Union

d)

because scientists created new technology that were used in consumer goods

23.

The space program led to the advancement of ___________.

a)

nuclear bombs

b)

internet technology

c)

satellite communications

d)

travel into outer space

24.

When Robert Kennedy was assassinated, it disrupted which event?

a)

the Civil Rights Movement

b)

the Democratic primary elections

c)

the presidential election

d)

the March on Washington

25.

In the 1960s, which federal action helped to end Jim Crow laws?

a)

the 13th Amendment

b)

the 14th Amendment

c)

the passage of the Civil Rights Act

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

26.

Which letter represents the Chisholm Trail?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

27.

I'm ready to ACE IA5!

a)

YES!

b)

No