Which person below was a United States Senator who was assassinated while running for president in 1968? (He was also a strong Civil Rights supporter.)
Robert Kennedy
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lyndon Johnson
What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Gave all blacks the right to vote
Made Jim Crow Laws illegal
Gave black women the right to vote
Did away with literacy tests and poll taxes
What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
It changed the voting age to 21
Made the Jim Crow Laws illegal
It freed the slaves
Allowed African Americans to become citizens
The March on Washington in 1963 was most famous because...
it caused race riots in the nation's capital
the KKK was eradicated
MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech
200,000 people worked together to give blacks voting rights
Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat
B. Segregation on busses ended after boycotting
Jim Crow Laws were enforced at the polls
Thousands of blacks blocked the streets and busses
What was one MAIN benefit of developing the technology to explore space for the US in the 1960s and 1970s?
Rocks on the moon have special resources not found on earth
space technology helped with military protection
walking on the moon helped understand global warming
the astronauts wanted to test their space suits
What was the purpose of the boycott led by Cesar Chavez?
grocery stores bought goods from local farms
Better working conditions for migrant farm workers
Fruits and vegetables were too high priced
grocery stores could not hire migrant workers
Why was President John F. Kennedy very popular with African Americans before his assassination in 1963?
He was not popular with African Americans
He organized the March on Washington
He outlawed poll taxes and literacy tests
He favored civil rights and introduced Civil Rights Acts
Which best describes America in the 1960s?
People were upset with things and sometimes were violent
Love and tolerance were practiced by all races
All civil rights protests were non-violent
African Americans disliked Pres. Kennedy's politics
What were " Jim Crow laws"?
Laws that were struck down during Reconstruction
Laws that discriminated against migrant workers
Laws that allowed blacks to be paid less that whites
Laws that forced black to be segregated from whites
What was the March on Washington?
a march for equality
a march throught the state of Washington
a march for space exploration
a march against high taxes
Who was Rosa Parks?
a congresswoman from Mississippi
a speaker at the March on Washington
a bus driver in Alabama
An African American that refused to give up her bus seat
Which of these states the MOST LIKELY reason for the three assassinations that took place in the 1960s?
All three men wanted to make big changes in society.
All three men made great promises to oppressed people.
The men believed that United States should set an example
All three men were well-known and admired by the country.
What was the "Space Race"?
competition btw US and Soviet Union to put a man in space
NASA experiments to find the fastest missile
launching 2 rockets at the same time for orbit
Many nations manufacturing space shuttles
Who was the civil rights leader that was a preacher before he became the head figure for the movement?
Lyndon Johnson
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King, Jr.
John F. Kennedy
