Which country was the first to land a man on the moon?
Russia
Great Britain
Soviet Union
United States of America
What law banned literacy tests for voting?
Civil Rights Act
Jim Crow Laws
Brown v. Board of Education
Voting Rights Act
Why was President John F. Kennedy very popular with African Americans before his assassination in 1963?
He organized the March on Washington
He outlawed poll taxes and literacy tests
He was not popular with African Americans
He favored civil rights and introduced Civil Rights Acts
What other technological advance came about in the 1960's?
dvd
television
telephone
microwave
What were " Jim Crow laws"?
Laws that discriminated against migrant workers
Laws that allowed blacks to be paid less that whites
Laws that were struck down during Reconstruction
Laws that forced black to be segregated from whites
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that forced blacks to stay separated from whites
Laws that were struck down during Reconstruction
Laws that discriminated against migrant workers
Laws that allowed employers to pay blacks less money
What was the purpose of the boycott led by Cesar Chavez?
Fruits and vegetables were too high priced
grocery stores could not hire migrant workers
grocery stores bought goods from local farms
Better working conditions for migrant farm workers
Which type of protest did Martin Luther King Jr. oppose(not agree with) during the civil rights movement?
marches
boycotts
sit ins
race riots
Who was the civil rights leader that was a preacher before he became the head figure for the movement?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King, Jr.
President Kennedy’s brother, ___________________ was also shot and killed while campaigning to be president on June 5, 1968.
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr.
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme court Justice, first became famous for which of the following:
Winning the court case Brown v. Board of Education
Assassinating President Kennedy
Organizing the March on Washington
Giving African Americans the right to vote
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
Lyndon Johnson
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What was the results of the Brown vs. Board of Education court case in 1954?
African Americans began to play professional sports
Martin Luther King led the March on Washington
Segregation of public schools became illegal
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus
What is a poll tax
a fee charged to vote
a reading test to vote
Which of the following best describes the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Thousands of blacks blocked the streets and busses
Jim Crow Laws were enforced at the polls
Martin Luther King was arrested for not giving up his seat
B. Segregation on busses ended after boycotting
Cesar Chavez's union wanted to make a change so he organized a strike. What happens in a strike?
People work longer hours
People refuse to work until they get what they want
People break windows and steal from stores
People work for less money
Who was the vice president that was sworn in as president when Kennedy was assassinated?
Robert F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Dwight Eisenhower
Cesar Chavez wanted to improve _____.
schools for kids
roads for bikes
soil for grapes
working conditions for farm workers
What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
It freed the slaves
Made the Jim Crow Laws illegal
It changed the voting age to 21
Allowed African Americans to become citizens
What was the law that prohibited discrimination based on race, gender, or religion?
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Rights Act
Brown v. Board of Education
Voting Rights Act
What was the protest where African Americans refused to ride buses until segregation on public transportation was outlawed??
Montgomery Bus Boycott
March on Washington
Civil Rights Movement
Brown v. Board of Education
Dr. King encouraged others to use _____________ methods to gain civil rights.
cruel
riots
violent
nonviolent
Which best describes America in the 1960s?
All civil rights protests were non-violent
African Americans disliked Pres. Kennedy's politics
Love and tolerance were practiced by all races
People were upset with things and sometimes were violent
Who was Rosa Parks?
a bus driver in Alabama
An African American that refused to give up her bus seat
a speaker at the March on Washington
a congresswoman from Mississippi
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
walking on the moon helped understand global warming
space technology helped with military protection
the astronauts wanted to test their space suits
What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Gave all blacks the right to vote
Gave black women the right to vote
Made Jim Crow Laws illegal
Did away with literacy tests and poll taxes
What was the name of the space craft that landed on the moon
Russian Cosmonauts
Sputnik 1
Apollo 11
Who was assassinated in 1968 angering many Americans and causing riots?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
President Lyndon Johnson
Robert Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy
President _______________________ was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963.
Lee Harvey Oswald
Martin Luther King, Jr.
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
What was the March on Washington?
a march for equality
a march for space exploration
a march throught the state of Washington
a march against high taxes
The March on Washington in 1963 was most famous because...
the KKK was eradicated
200,000 people worked together to give blacks voting rights
it caused race riots in the nation's capital
MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech
What was the "Space Race"?
launching 2 rockets at the same time for orbit
Many nations manufacturing space shuttles
competition btw US and Soviet Union to put a man in space
NASA experiments to find the fastest missile
Which African American refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama?
Thurgood Marshall
Rosa Parks
Eleanor Roosevelt
Harriet Tubman
What was the space race
several different nations wanting to be 1st to make a rocket
contest btw US and Soviets to put a man in space
experiments by NASA to find out which satellite was fastest
What was the peaceful protest of over 250,000 people at the nation's capital called?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
I Have a Dream
Civil Rights Movement
March on Washington
Who was Linda Brown's lawyer in Brown v Board of Education trial?
Thurgood Marshall
Rosa Parks
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr.
As a result of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the court outlawed ________ on public transportation
smoking
music
segregation
integration
The peaceful demonstration where Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Voting Rights Protest
March on Washington
Space Race March
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Which of these states the MOST LIKELY reason for the three assassinations that took place in the 1960s?
The men believed that United States should set an example
All three men wanted to make big changes in society.
All three men made great promises to oppressed people.
All three men were well-known and admired by the country.