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The 1950's and 1960's

Quiz by Lana Hensley

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  • Q1
    This man was elected president and was a war hero that led the Allied troops in Europe during WWII.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    John F. Kennedy
    Harry Truman
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    30s
  • Q2
    Eisenhower worked with Congress to pass this act that led to the building of 41,000 miles of modern highways.
    Interstate Highway Act
    Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956
    Federal Road Systems
    30s
  • Q3
    True or False: The Fair Deal program included laws to create jobs and build houses.
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q4
    True or False: Dwight D. Eisenhower brought the Fair Deal program to Congress.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q5
    Eisenhower's campaign slogan
    Peace, progress, and prosperity
    Peace and fairness
    Progress and hope
    30s
  • Q6
    A person who has served in the military.
    colonel
    veteran
    Sargent
    30s
  • Q7
    An increase in the number of babies born after WWII.
    Millineals
    Old-timers
    Veteran Boom
    Baby Boom
    30s
  • Q8
    City called the "Dynamo of Dixie" because of its factories' high level of productivity.
    Nashville
    Knoxville
    Memphis
    Chattanooga
    30s
  • Q9
    Medicine to protect people from diseases.
    polio
    inhaler
    vaccine
    30s
  • Q10
    Who invented a vaccine to prevent polio?
    Benjamin Franklin
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Albert Einstein
    Jonas Salk
    30s
  • Q11
    Rights that countries guarantee their citizens.
    Limited Rights
    Federal Rights
    Civil Rights
    30s
  • Q12
    Lawyer for Linda Brown in the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education.
    Thurgood Marshall
    Marin Luther King, Jr.
    Rosa Parks
    30s
  • Q13
    Desegregation is
    the ending of separation of people by racial and ethnic group.
    the right to go to the school of your choice.
    the ending of segregation only on public transportation systems
    30s
  • Q14
    This African American woman refused to give up her seat on a crowded bus and go to the back.
    Rosa Parks
    Linda Brown
    Harriet Tubman
    30s
  • Q15
    The Supreme Court ruled that segregation on city buses was
    legal
    illegal
    30s

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