History Quiz 32 (pp. 222-227)

first American in space

• Christa McAuliffe

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Alan B. Shepard

first man to walk on the surface of the moon

• Christa McAuliffe

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Alan B. Shepard

first American to orbit the earth

• Christa McAuliffe

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Alan B. Shepard

President who began the Interstate Highway System

• Calvin Coolidge

• Daniel Inyoue

• Thurgood Marshall

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Patsy Mink

first Japanese American to serve in Congress

• Calvin Coolidge

• Daniel Inyoue

• Thurgood Marshall

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Patsy Mink

first Japanese-American woman to serve in Congress

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Daniel Inyoue

• Thurgood Marshall

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Patsy Mink

first black Supreme Court justice

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Daniel Inyoue

• Thurgood Marshall

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Robert Weaver

man who gave a famous speech about civil rights and influenced political leaders to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Daniel Inyoue

• Thurgood Marshall

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Robert Weaver

first black man to become a part of the President's cabinet

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Daniel Inyoue

• Thurgood Marshall

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Robert Weaver

schoolteacher who died in the Challenger explosion

• Christa McAuliffe

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Alan B. Shepard