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50s and Civil Rights Movement

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The popularity of cars during the 50s led to....

a)

Safety issues

b)

Increase in wrecks

c)

Rise of technology

d)

Reliance on foreign oil

2.

____________ jobs began a surge during the 1950s.

a)

Government created jobs increased

b)

White collar jobs

c)

Fast food

d)

Blue collar jobs

3.

What happened during the 50s due to the increase in parties, drive-ins, & music/culture.

a)

Beat movement

b)

Baby boom

c)

Increase suburbs

d)

Civil Rights movement

4.

What was the original purpose of the interstate highway system?

a)

To keep people off back roads

b)

For fast food and hotels

c)

Family vacations

d)

Military travel stemming back from WWII

5.

Jonas Salk developed which vaccine?

a)

Covid

b)

Flu

c)

Small pox

d)

Polio

6.

What increased during the 50s?

a)

Consumerism

b)

Commercials

c)

Tv shows, rock n roll

d)

Political campaigns on tv

7.

"Beatniks" were known to hang where?

a)

Concert halls

b)

Sports games

c)

Coffee houses

d)

Country clubs

8.

What was controversial about Elvis and his performances?

a)

He did not like his manager

b)

He appealed to all people

c)

He played gospel music

d)

He moved suggestively

9.

Which president wanted to get to the moon first?

a)

Eisenhower

b)

JFK

c)

Nixon

d)

Reagan

10.

This decision outlawed segregation in schools & overturned Plessy v Ferguson

a)

Brown v Board

b)

Texas v Johnson

c)

Roe v Wade

d)

Schenck vs US

11.

MLK followed what type of policy when he helped lead the civil rights movement?

a)

violence

b)

segregationist

c)

rainbow coalition

d)

nonviolence

12.

What did Malcolm X mean by any means necessary?

a)

If necessary, violence could be used to make change

b)

If necessary, African Americans could leave the country

c)

If necessary, I will step down as a civil rights leaders

d)

If necessary, African Americans should vote the same

13.

Who was the Governor of Arkansas during the Little Rock Nine?

a)

George Wallace

b)

Strom Thurmond

c)

Bull Conner

d)

Orvall Faubus

14.

Clinton High School in TN is important bc it....

a)

Led sit ins

b)

Desegregated students

c)

Recovered from KKK attacks

d)

Organized freedom rides

15.

Where was MLK assassinated?

a)

Montgomery

b)

Selma

c)

Memphis

d)

Little Rock

16.

The intent of passing the civil rights legislation in 1964, 1965, & 1968 was to...

a)

End discrimination

b)

Force changes to welfare and social security

c)

Stop gerrymandering

d)

affirmative action

17.

The Women's feminist movement wanted to achieve what?

a)

Stop stay at home moms

b)

Healthcare

c)

Equal rights and pay

d)

Voting rights

18.

The goal of the Chicano movement led by Cesar Chavez was to...

a)

Fix working conditions

b)

Fix immigration policies

c)

Help with segregation

d)

Equal education