Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s

What invention is considered the greatest in human history and became popular in the 1950s?

• Television

• Radio

• Telephone

• Computer

What percentage of Americans enjoyed a middle-class standard of living by 1960?

• 90%

• 80%

• 60%

• 40%

Which sociologist criticized Americans for being conformist and lacking the rich inner life necessary to be truly independent?

• John Kenneth Galbraith

• David Riesman

• Eric Foner

• C. Wright Mills

What was the classic example of suburbanization in the 1950s?

• Levittown in New York

• Miami

• Los Angeles

• Chicago

Who was the Chief Justice when the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education came before the Supreme Court in 1954?

• John C. Calhoun

• Orval Faubus

• Earl Warren

• Thurgood Marshall

What was the ruling in the case of Mendez v. Westminster in 1946?

• Segregate schools in Texas

• Desegregate schools in California

• Segregate schools in California

• Desegregate schools in Texas

Who refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, kicking off the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955?

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Earl Warren

Which president sent the 101st Airborne Division to walk black students to school in Little Rock, Arkansas?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Harry S. Truman

What was the name of the coalition of black civil rights and church leaders formed to push for integration?

• American Civil Liberties Union

• Black Lives Matter

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• NAACP Legal Defense Fund

What was the key goal of the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s?

• Desegregating schools

• Desegregating public transportation

• Equal job opportunities

• Voting rights for African Americans