Civil Rights
The landmark Supreme Court case that found that separate but equal to be legal was:
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Which individual was not a person that Dr. King looked to for developing his ideas on opposing discrimination and segregation?
Gandhi
Which Civil Rights group was NOT associated with the Black Power movement except:
SCLC
Posters encouraging Americans to not waste gas, to buy war bonds, and to support the war are all forms of:
propaganda
Which big cat is the largest?
Tiger
Which is the world’s largest ocean?
Pacific
Jim Crow laws were laws that:
separated the races.
The March of Washington was an effort to put pressure on the federal government to:
pass Kennedy’s civil rights bill
Which term best describes the foreign policy of Presidents Truman through Eisenhower during the period that is known as the Cold War?
containment
Which event is considered to be the start of the Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crash
Which type of fish is Nemo?
Clownfish
Which company is the largest chocolate manufacturer in the United States?
Hershey's
Not shaking hands with a white person and stepping off the sidewalk and allowing a white person to pass are examples of:
racial etiquette.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 enabled federal officials to:
register voters even if denied registration by state officials.
Which of the following pulled the United States into World War II?
the attack on Pearl Harbor
Are worker bees male or female?
female
Name the largest state in America.
Alaska
The Little Rock crisis arose when efforts were made to:
desegregate the public schools
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 made it illegal to discriminate against African Americans while:
selling or renting a home
One of the economic causes of the Great Depression was that many Americans bought stock by "BORROWING" against future profits to pay for stock today. This is known as:
Buying on Margin
How many teeth does an adult human have?
32
Which is the closest star to the Earth?
Sun
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 specifically prohibited discrimination in:
public accommodations
Segregation that results from habit and tradition is known as ____________ segregation:
de facto
The Cold War can be defined as a war of political ideologies. Those ideologies at conflict are:
democracy and communism
Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
Which is the highest-grossing holiday movie of all time?
Home Alone