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American History II: Chp. 28 - American Society During the Cold War (Section 1-3) (3/26/2024)

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Question 1
1.

Match each person with his proper description.

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Rachel Carson
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1st American to orbit the Earth.
Doves
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1st American in space.
Hawks
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1st American to walk on the moon.
Alan Shepard Jr.
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1st black American to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
James Meredith
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Initially a Black Separist that advocated for "Black Power"
Black Panthers
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Militant black American separatist group.
Malcolm X
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Those who supported the fight in Vietnam
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
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Those who opposed the war in Vietnam
Neil Armstrong
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Author of Silent Spring.
John Glenn
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Worked to have all expressions of Christian faith removed from public life.
Question 2
2.

Who refused to give up her city bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955?

Question 3
3.

Who helped to organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which used non-violent resistance to Jim Crow laws in America?

Question 4
4.

What event occurred in 1986 that saw the U.S. space program slow down its exploration of space?

Question 5
5.

Who developed over forty vaccines during his lifetime?

Question 6
6.

One of these men introduced the polio vaccine in 1955 and the other perfected an oral polio vaccine. Choose the men.

Question 7
7.

These tiny electronic parts made smaller computers possible.

Question 8
8.

Which 1973 court case had the effect of legalizing abortion in America?

Question 9
9.

What was the massive research effort to identify all of the approximately 24,000 genes in human DNA called?

Question 10
10.

What was the first company to dominate the computer industry?

Question 11
11.

What era is remembered as a time of new car models and a variety of choices?

Question 12
12.

This was created to improve safety and to help regulate the country's air lanes.

Question 13
13.

What was the name of the first American artificial satellite?

Question 14
14.

Match the following persons or things with their proper description.

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Harper Lee
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Famous American abstract expressionist.
Walker "Sugar Ray" Robinson
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This journalist was known as the most trusted man on TV.
Muhammad Ali
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Remembered as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
Jackson Pollack
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Beloved American children's author.
Hank Aaron
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Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
Jim Brown
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Considered to be one of the greatest illustrators of the 20th century.
Norman Rockwell
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Golf's greatest star of the televsion era.
Jack Nicklaus
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Considered by many to be the greatest running back in NFL history.
Theodore Geisel
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1st man to break Babe Ruth's all-time homerun record.
Walter Kronkite
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Considered the greatest pound for pound boxer of all time (irrespective of weight).
Question 15
15.

What was the name of the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth? Hint: Launched by the Soviet Union

Question 16
16.

Name two of the three American space programs in the 1950s and 1960s.

Question 17
17.

Name two of the three major television networks in the 1960s.

Question 18
18.

Frances Crick and James Watson achieved fame with their study and work in this area.

Question 19
19.

Who is considered the "brains" behind the Microsoft Corporation's Windows operating system?

Question 20
20.

Name one of the two original founders of Apple Computers in 1976.

Question 21
21.

What name was given to the group of young men and women who toured the South by bus to protest local segregation laws?

Question 22
22.

At what college did the National Guard shoot and kill four students during a protest?

Question 23
23.

This counterculture movement saw many young people abandon all traditional values and lived together in communes.