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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which court case that declared segregation in schools LEGAL?
Brown v. Board of Education
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Plessy v. Ferguson
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which court case that declared segregation of schools ILLEGAL?
Brown v. Board of Education
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Plessy v. Ferguson
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who was a main leader in the fight for African Americans' equal rights in the 1960s?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
Oveta Culp Hobby
Lyndon B. Johnson
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who created a program to promote social and economic advancements in America?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
Oveta Culp Hobby
Lyndon B. Johnson
- 5. Multiple Choice
Bus rides to the South to ensure desegregation was enforced are called
Rosa Parks
Jim Crow Laws
Freedom Rides
The Great Society
- 6. Multiple Choice
Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed that banned discrimination based on race, religion, sex, and national origin
True
False
- 7. Multiple Choice
Peacefully speaking out against a problem usually by protesting or boycotting something is called
Freedom Rides
Freedom of Speech
Non-violent protests
Sit-ins
- 8. Multiple Choice
Inclusion of people of all races, classes, or ethnic groups; desegregation is called
segregation
integration
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat Great Society program provided affordable housing?HUDHBKNATONAACP
- 10. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: President Johnson signed both the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act during his time in the White House.TrueFalse
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements best connects Johnson’s Great Society to President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal?The Great Society had no connection to the New DealThe Great Society sought, like the New Deal, to improve the lives of Americans facing economic hardships.The Great Society was created to solve problems created by the New DealThe Great Society and the New Deal were both ideas of the Republican Party
- 12. Multiple ChoiceJohnson's domestic program was calledNew DealSquare DealWelfareGreat Society
- 13. Multiple ChoiceSome critics complained that the Great Society programsgave the rich too many tax breaksgave the federal government too much powerpaid too little attention to health carefavored rural over urban citizens
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThis is a pre-school program for low-income childrenMedicaidKindergartenHead StartMedicare
- 15. Multiple Choice
This established that separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional.
Brown v Board of Education
Dred Scott v Sandford
Roe v Wade
Plessy v Ferguson
- 16. Multiple Choice
Sit-ins, freedom rides, & marches were all examples of...
Attempts to expand opportunities for minorities
New forms of exercise in the 60s
Ways to connect the North & South US
Economic growth for minorities
- 17. Multiple Choice
What did the Rosa Parks incident lead to?
More registered voters in the south
Bus Boycott
Imprisonment of all civil rights activists
Banishment from the NAACP
- 18. Multiple Choice
This civil rights activist supported non-violence, civil disobedience, and desegregation.
Malcom X
Rosa Sparks
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.
- 19. Multiple Choice
This Alabama Governor was against integration of schools in his state
George Wallace
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Joseph McCarthy
- 20. Multiple Choice
This Great Society program provided health insurance for senior citizens
Medicare
HUD
Head Start
Job Corps
- 21. Multiple ChoiceHe won the Election in1956196019641962
- 22. Multiple ChoiceHe became the new ruler in CubaFulgencio BatistaNikita KhrushchevFidel CastroRobert Kennedy
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich came first?Bay of Pigs InvasionCuban Missile Crisis
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe Bay of Pigs wasa successful invasion on the northern side of Cubaa failed invasion on the northern side of Cubaa successful invasion on the southern side of Cubaa failed invasion on the southern side of Cuba
- 25. Multiple ChoiceOne reason the US feared a relationship between Cuba & the Soviets wasCommunism would spread to Greece & TurkeyCommunism would spread from Cuba to other Latin American countriesThe US might set off missiles in EuropeCommunism would be thwarted from here on out
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhere did the US have nuclear missiles?ChinaTurkeyYugoslaviaMexico
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the US Navy establish around Cuba?A naval blockadeBasesMissilesShip Ports
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWho/what is "Russ" as referred to in this newspaper article?The President of the United StatesThe dictator of Russia at the time.Russia/Soviet UnionIt's a typo and should say, "Rush" instead.
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhen the Space Race began in 1961, which of the following would have been an accurate headline in the
newspaper?"America Impresses Soviets by Sending Man to Space""Soviets Shock America by Becoming the First to Send a Satellite to Space""America and the Soviet Union Work Together to Send a Man to Space""America and the Soviet Union Agree to Abandon Space Programs" - 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat major historical event is represented in this map?Attack on Pearl HarborThe Cuban Missile CrisisThe Wright Brother's first flightThe building of the Panama Canel
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