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WorksheetsLast 1/2 of the 20th Century Quiz - Grade 5
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 6mins
What reduced the # of missiles in the US & Soviet Union?
Bringing down the Berlin Wall
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Reagan
INF Treaty
NASA is a part of what industry?
aerospace
nuclear
military
petrochemical
What is one of the many offshoot inventions NASA developed?
lawnmowers
satellites
speed boats
computers
What ended segregation in the U.S.?
Brown V. Board of Education
The Voting Act of 1965
The aerospace program
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
What were the Southern laws that were unfair to African Americans in the South called?
Civil Rights Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Voting Rights Laws
Desegregation Laws
What ended literacy tests and poll taxes for Southern voters?
The U.S. Constitution
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Jim Crow Laws
Which is NOT a contribution of Rosa Parks?
gave a speech at the March on Washington
marched in protest of segregation
volunteered at the NAACP
arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus
What is a war with two stronger countries not being directly involved in the conflict but providing support to the side with views most like their own?
cold war
proxy war
internal war
civil war
What is a war called that has no actual fighting but there is tension between two nations?
minor conflict
proxy war
hot zone
cold war
What 3 year war was a proxy war in the 1950s?
Vietnam War
Civil War
Korean War
Cold War
What 12 year war was a proxy war for the US & Soviet Union?
Vietnam War
Civil War
Korean War
Cold War
What did Neil Armstrong say when he landed on the moon?
The Apollo has landed.
Houston, we have a problem.
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
The Eagle has landed.
How did the Cold War end?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made a convincing speech.
President Reagan knocked down the Berlin Wall.
President Reagan developed a good relationship with Soviet Union leader, Secretary Gorbachev.
Secretary Gorbachev passed a resolution.
Which is not a success of the Civil Rights Movement?
INF Treaty
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Desegregation of schools and buses
Voting Rights Act of 1965
What did the spread of communism cause many Americans to worry about?
segregation of men and women
Jim Crow laws to be reinstated
increasing loss of human rights and democracy in the world
loss of new technologies and advancements in science
Which is NOT a part of NASA?
Employs thousands of employees
creates new technology
development of agricultural technologies
Gives helpful data it discovers for free
Which is something Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did NOT do?
Gave his "I have a dream" speech at the March on Washington
Civil Rights Leader
Led the march in Selma, Alabama
He saw the Poverty Act pass in America
Who developed the polio vaccine?
Jonas Salk
Elvis Presley
NASA
Doloros Hopper
Who convinced 80% of teenagers to take the polio vaccine?
Jonas Salk
Elvis Presley
NASA
Doloros Hopper
What is an anthem of the Civil Rights Movement?
Hound Dog
We Shall Overcome
Disco Fever
Teddy Bear
