Quiz - Ch 25 - The 1950s

Was a famous 1950s African American boxer.

• Rocky Marciano

• Sugar Ray Robinson

• Bob Dylan

• Elcis Presley

Was a famous 1950s Italian boxer.

• Rocky Marciano

• Sugar Ray Robinson

• Bob Dylan

• Elcis Presley

The generation that was born between the end of World War II and the mid-1960s.

• Sputnik

• Suburbs

• Baby boom

• Levittown

Were new planned communities built on the outskirts of the city.

• The Interstate Highway Act

• The Military industrial complex

• Levittown

• Suburbs

Well known suburban towns built in New Jersey and Pennsylvania after World War II.

• The Interstate Highway Act

• The Military industrial complex

• Levittown

• Suburbs

The Interstate Highway Act would update the Nation's system of roads for BLANK and more efficient travel.

• Cheaper

• Faster

• Slower

• Safer

A a famous folk musician known for his outspoken lyrics.

• Elvis Presley

• Rosa Parks

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Bob Dylan

He emerged in the 1950s and became known as the king of rock and roll music.

• Elvis Presley

• John Fitzgerald Kennedy

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Bob Dylan

This person was refused to give up a seat on a public bus and it sparked the Civil Rights movement.

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Dwight Eisenhower

He was a preacher who would become a key leader in the Civil rights movement and voiced for peaceful protest.

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Sugar Ray Robinson

• Martin Luther King Jr

• Rocky Marciano