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WorksheetsPeriod 8 Prep Quiz 1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What was the name given to the group of students who needed federal troops to escort them into a newly integrated high school in the South in 1957?
Montgomery 7
Selma Soldiers
Greensboro 4
Little Rock 9
Who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who supported Civil Rights legislation during the 1950s and 60s
Kennesaw Landis
Warren Burger
Earl Warren
William Rhenquist
What was the name of the scandal that forced president Nixon to resign in 1974 or face certain impeachment?
Whitewater
Watergate
Breton Woods
Abscam
What was the name of the organization created in 1966 to teach African Americans self-defense against police brutality?
Black Panthers
NAACP
Nation of Islam
NFA
What is the name of the New York city riots that ensued in response to police raids on gay bars in 1970
Gay Pride
Love is Love
Rainbow
Stonewall
What war ended in 1973 with a peace treaty to play out over the next two years?
Iran/Iraq
Afghanistan
Vietnam
Korea
Which of the following best describes the relationship between the U.S. and the USSR?
The U.S. and USSR were enemies during World War II, but became friends after World War II
The U.S. and USSR were friends during World War II, but became enemies after World War II
The U.S. and USSR were friends during and after World War II
The U.S. and USSR were enemies during and after World War II
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech", given at the 1963 March on Washington was
considered the "high water mark" of the Civil Rights Movement
the last speech he ever gave
King's first appearance on national television
the reason he went to prison
Which of the following fought for justice using "any means necessary" and was killed by members of Nation of Islam in 1965?
Medgar Evers
Huey Newton
Bobby Seale
Malcolm X
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1967?
Marcus Garvey
John Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
How did Jackie Robinson's "breaking the color barrier" in baseball contribute to the Civil Rights Movement?
It finally put higher pay into the hands of more African Americans
It changed the way all Americans thought about whether mixed races could play on the same team
It forced white people to accept African Americans as equals
It forced Southern whites to view African Americans as their sports heroes
What was the name of the group of African American college students who demanded to be served at a lunch counter in 1960
Greensboro 4
Little Rock 9
Chicago 7
Chicago 8
Why was Ronald Reagan's 1986 "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" speech so historically significant?
It led to Gorbachev being voted out of office in the USSR, which led to the end of the USSR.
It just highlighted how Reagan was all about the speeches and the grandstanding, but didn't really do anything for change.
It showed how the USSR really feared the U.S. more than everyone thought afterall.
It was symbolic of how hard Reagan worked to end the Cold War.
What is the name of the 1954 Supreme Court decision that outlawed segregated schools in America (and led to the elimination of segregation everywhere)?
Mapp vs. Ohio
Roe vs. Wade
Brown vs. Board of Education
Tinker vs. Des Moines
What was the name of the Act that placed serious restrictions on the rights and powers of labor unions.
Wagner Act
Taft-Hartley Act
Smoot-Hawley Act
Gibson-Obergfell Act
The Montgomery Boycott of 1955 was organized by
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
Medgar Evers
Jesse Jackson
Which of the following was seriously challenged in his re-election bid by Southerners who were opposed to his civil rights policies?
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
The landmark book on women's rights, "The Feminine Mystique," published in 1963, was written by
Gloria Steinem
Anita Bryant
Betty Friedan
Bella Abzug
Which president chose not to run for reelection because he believed his policy in Vietnam had divided the nation.
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
What project's objective was to rebuild West European nations that had been devastated during World War II?
Marshall Plan
Truman Plan
Kennan Plan
Berlin Airlift
Which of the following is most associated with the second red scare in the 1940s and 1950s?
Robert LaFollet
Edward Rosenberg
John Nance Garner
Joseph McCarthy
What was passed by Congress, giving President Johnson unlimited powers to wage war in Vietnam.
The Saigon Imperative
The Hanoi Accord
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution
The Tet Offensive Initiative
In order to prevent communist forces from toppling the governments of Greece and Turkey, the United States
sent combat troops to both nations at the end of World War II.
initiated the Truman Doctrine.
initiated the Marshall Plan
established NATO.
Which president's legacy was the most harmed by his perceived weak handling of the Hostage Crisis in Iran?
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Which president established diplomatic relations with China to gain allies in Asia, and to use the allies as power in Vietnam War peace negotiations?
Gerald Ford
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
