Test 9

Freedom rides, sit-ins, and the March on Washington were ways people _____ protested segregation.

What was created to be a world organization in which nations could work together to settle problems?

Be able to name each STATE and give the CAPITAL for each.

Who was the first Black American to be an adviser to the president?

Who was the minister who worked to achieve civil rights?

During the Berlin ________, planes loaded with food and supplies were sent to West Berlin.

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw in employment and in public places?

Who developed the ARPAnet?

Which Apollo Mission made the first successful moon landing?

NATO was organized to be an alliance of countries to defend each other against what?

The first ______ was launched by NASA was Explorer 1 .

Be able to name each STATE and give the CAPITAL for each.

What was built to connect all parts of America for safer travel?

Atheism is when people do NOT believe in what?

Who invented modern mouse-operated computer?

What president began the Interstate Highway System to connect all parts of America?

What was America’s first nuclear-powered submarine?

Who developed the polio vaccine?

In Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, the _____ ruled that schools should not be segregated.

What offered financial help from the US to European countries that had been harmed during WWII?

Essay: Be able to EXPLAIN the changes that occurred in the US because of the civil rights struggle during 1950-1960.

Who was Medicare created to provide medical care for?

After fighting in the Korean War, who went on to become the first Black American four-star general?

Who was the first man on the moon?

The CIA was created when what act was signed?

Which president succeeded in forcing the Soviet Union to remove any nuclear weapons they had delivered to Cuba?

What was built by Communists between 2 parts of Berlin?

Who was the American evangelist whose meetings were televised worldwide?

Who was the seamstress whose actions resulted in the bus boycott that ended Montgomery bus segregation?

Who invented technology that led to the internet?

Who gave his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln memorial?

The truce of which war kept South Korea free while North Korea was to remain under Communist control?

Who was the first American in space?

After Fidel Castro took control of Cuba, the Soviet Union shipped missiles there, causing the ________.

What did the GI Bill of Rights make available to servicemen returning from war?

Who was the first American to orbit the earth?

What program did President Kennedy found to send volunteers to help improve living conditions of people in poor nations?

Which war was over a 40-yr period in which the U.S. & Soviet Union threatened to use nuclear weapons against each other?

Fidel Castro was the Communist dictator of what island during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

What was the first nuclear power plant built in the United States?

Which president focused on his plan for a Great Society?

Who was the first Black American Supreme Court justice?