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POT: Chapter 6 Test Review

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match each legislation to its description.

a)

Declared that racial segregation of schools violated the Constitution because segregated schools were, by nature, unequal

1.

Brown vs. Board of Education

b)

Required schools to provide equal opportunities to both male and female students, especially in athletics

2.

Title IX

c)

Formally outlawed segregation in all public schools and public places in the United States

3.

Civil Rights Act

d)

Expanded funding and support for career and technical education programs in middle school and high school

4.

Perkins V

2.

Match each legislation to its description.

a)

gave federal money to school districts based on the number of poor children enrolled

1.

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

b)

increased accountability through the use of standardized tests and tied federal money to test scores

2.

No Child Left Behind Act

c)

gave veterans money to attend college

3.

G.I. Bill

d)

guaranteed a free public education to children with disabilities in the least restrictive environment

4.

Education for All Handicapped Children

3.

Match each legislation to its description.

a)

improved NCLB by giving states more flexibility and offering grants to underperforming schools

1.

Every Student Succeeds Act

b)

provided free preschool to children from low-income families

2.

Project Head Start

c)

6 targets that the federal government wanted schools to achieve by the end of the decade

3.

Goals 2000 Act

d)

emphasized math, science, and foreign language instruction so that the U.S. could compete against Russia in the space race

4.

National Defense Education Act

4.

Match each legislation to the president or group responsible for passing it.

a)

Supreme Court

1.

Brown vs. Board of Education

b)

Richard Nixon

2.

Title IX

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

3.

Civil Rights Act

d)

Donald Trump

4.

Perkins V

5.

Match each legislation to the person or group responsible for passing it.

a)

Barack Obama

1.

Every Student Succeeds Act

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

2.

Project Head Start

c)

George H.W. Bush

3.

Goals 2000 Act

d)

George W. Bush

4.

No Child Left Behind

6.

Match each event to the correct time period.

a)

1940s

1.

World War II

b)

1950s

2.

Cold War

c)

1960s

3.

Vietnam War

d)

1990s

4.

Gulf War

e)

2000s

5.

War in Afghanistan

7.

Match each situation to the correct time period.

a)

collapse of the housing market and large banks; global financial crisis

1.

2000s

b)

widening gap between rich and poor; A Nation at Risk report

2.

1980s

c)

fear of Communism and the military strength of Russia

3.

1950s

d)

global Covid19 pandemic

4.

2020s

e)

oil crisis in the middle east; high inflation and high unemployment

5.

1970s