WorksheetsChapter 27 Concept Check
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a Supreme Court decision that
declared racially segregated public schools inherently unequal
established free public elementary and secondary schools in the United States
established free public colleges in the United States
declared racial segregation legal in public spaces
The Supreme Court decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka essentially reversed which of the following earlier Court decisions?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Plessy v. Ferguson
Gideon v. Wainwright
Marbury v. Madison
All of the following were crises during Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency EXCEPT
the Soviet Union launching Sputnik
Egypt seizing the Suez Canal
the Soviet Union shooting down an American U-2 spy plane
the Soviet Union blockading river, road, and rail traffic into West Berlin
Major domestic developments in the United States during President Eisenhower’s two terms included all of the following EXCEPT
the exodus of Black families from the rural South
the dismantling of New Deal welfare programs
the beginning of construction of an interstate highway system
the peaking of the postwar baby boom
The rock ‘n’ roll of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and the Rolling Stones derived primarily from
nineteenth-century American ballads
African American rhythm and blues
Scotch-Irish ballads
cowboy songs
The New Look military, brinksmanship, and massive retaliation were all instances of
shifts to a more confrontational stance toward the Soviet Union during the early years of the Cold War
United States threats used to force the Soviet Union to withdraw troops from Yugoslavia
United States strategies employed during the Korean War
plans to win the war in Vietnam using superior technology and manpower
In the decade following the Second World War, the Supreme Court decision that had the most widespread consequences concerned which of the following?
The rights of minority groups
Immigration policy
The jurisdiction of courts in determining war guilt
The federal government’s powers of taxation
When the Soviet Union successfully launched the first artificial satellite Sputnik in 1957, Congress responded by
passing the National Defense Education Act
ending diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union
proposing the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
opening talks with China
A United States response to the successful orbiting of Sputnik in 1957 was to
increase NATO forces in Europe
increase cooperation with the Soviet Union in space projects
withdraw from arms-limitation talks with the Soviet Union
expand federal aid into education
Rosa Parks arrest for refusing to give up her seat to a white patron led to which event?
March on Washington
"I Have A Dream Speech"
Montgomery Bus Boycott
March from Selma
The Montgomery Bus Boycott resulted in
The imprisonment of MLK Jr. in a Birmingham jail
The passage of Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka
the Supreme Court ruling segregation on public buses was illegal
the upholding of segregation laws in public transportation
Eisenhower's warning of the US turning into a military state was highlighted by
The Eisenhower Doctrine
Military Industrial Complex speech
Interstate Highway System
Engaging in covert action
After Egypt seizes the French and British owned Suez canal, Eisenhower would respond with...
Support for a British and French invasion of Egypt
Committing American airstrikes in Egypt
Condemnation that pressured Britain and France to pull troops from Egypt
Covert action in Egypt to return control to European powers
A group of writers in the 1950s that rebelled against societal standards and promoted spontaneity...eg. Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg
Hippies
Yippies
Beatniks
Rock n rollers
Written in response to integration orders, Southern congressmen wrote and signed this document to condemn the Supreme Court in a "clear abuse of judicial power."
Brown v. Board of Education
Southern Manifesto
Domino Theory
National Defense of Education Act
