History

1.  In 1955, how did the members of the black community of Montgomery, Alabama try to force a change in the city's practice of racial segregation?

• They organized a parade
• They started a petition
• They held a bake sale
• They organized a boycott of the city's buses.

The Freedom Riders focused on

• advocating for stricter voting laws
• promoting segregation in schools
• supporting the Jim Crow laws
• challenging segregation in interstate bus terminals

Which First Amendment freedom is illustrated in the picture?

• Freedom of speech
• Freedom of assembly
• Freedom of the press
• Freedom of religion

Why did the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, end up being called “Bloody Sunday”?

• Peaceful civil rights marchers were brutally attacked by state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
• The march ended peacefully without any incidents.
• The marchers were welcomed with open arms by the state troopers.
• The march was canceled due to bad weather conditions.

How did the Freedom Riders seek political change?

• Through nonviolent protests and civil disobedience
• By forming a political party
• By seeking foreign intervention
• Through armed rebellion

Who caused a wave of panic and paranoia about communist infiltration of American government in the 1950s?

• President Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Senator John F. Kennedy
• Governor Ronald Reagan
• Senator Joseph McCarthy

What was the main purpose of the G.I. Bill of Rights?

• To provide free healthcare to all citizens
• To provide benefits to World War II veterans for successful reintegration into civilian life.
• To establish a new form of government
• To promote international trade agreements

Which technology gained sudden, widespread use in the 1950s, and helped produce great social change in America during that decade?

• electric car
• television
• microwave
• smartphone

Which Cold War conflict ended in a stalemate?

• Vietnam War
• Gulf War
• Korean War
• World War II

When did the Korean War take place?

• June 25, 1945 - July 27, 1948
• June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953
• September 15, 1950 - August 12, 1953
• April 13, 1952 - June 18, 1955