Sample Assessment Items

1. 
   Discuss the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War.
   
2. 
   Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement; include Brown v Board of Education,(1954), Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
   
3. 
   Describe the impact on American society of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
   
4. 
   Discuss the significance of the technologies of television and space exploration.
   

1. 
   The United States attacked Cuba.
   
2. 
   The United Stated placed missiles in Cuba.
   
3. 
   The United States wanted the former Soviet Union to provide aid to Cuba.
   
4. 
   The United States wanted the former Soviet Union to remove missiles from Cuba.
   

1. 
   Japan
   
2. 
   Germany
   
3. 
   Great Britain
   
4. 
   the Soviet Union
   

1. 
   to show support for Cambodia
   
2. 
   to show support for the Vietcong in South Vietnam
   
3. 
   to help South Vietnam win independence from France
   
4. 
   to show support for South Vietnam in its fight against a Communist takeover
   

1. 
   Communist China wanted to make South Vietnam a colony.
   
2. 
   The Soviet Union wanted to make South Vietnam a colony.
   
3. 
   North Vietnam wanted to change its communist government.
   
4. 
   North Vietnam wanted to combine all of Vietnam under communism.
   

Which statement describes the MAIN impact television had on the Vietnam War?

1. 
   It caused many Americans to stop supporting the war in Vietnam.
   
2. 
   It allowed American soldiers to send messages back home to loved ones.
   
3. 
   It discredited the anti-war protesters by showing American military successes.
   
4. 
   It failed to have an impact since the news focused mainly on Civil Rights issues.
   

How did the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 come to an end?

1. 
   The United States installed nuclear missiles in Florida.
   
2. 
   The Soviet Union removed its nuclear missiles from Cuba.
   
3. 
   American forces were defeated by the Cuban army at the Bay of Pigs.
   
4. 
   Both the United States and Soviet Union agreed to stop making missiles.
   

1. 
   The American people demanded the government support Vietnam.
   
2. 
   American businesses in Vietnam were threatened by the Communists.
   
3. 
   Japan was threatened militarily by the possibility of a Communist government in Vietnam.
   
4. 
   It feared that if Vietnam became communist then surrounding countries would quickly follow.
   

1. 
   Rosa Parks
   
2. 
   Malcolm X
   
3. 
   Martin Luther King
   
4. 
   Thurgood Marshall
   

1. 
   Habeas Corpus
   
2. 
   Jim Crow laws
   
3. 
   the Black Codes
   
4. 
   Affirmative Action
   

1. 
   Congress outlawed segregation in all public places.
   
2. 
   Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
   
3. 
   The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was created.
   
4. 
   Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
   

1. 
   the Civil Rights Act of 1964
   
2. 
   the Voting Rights Act of 1965
   
3. 
   the Equal Rights Amendment
   
4. 
   the Twenty-fourth Amendment
   

1. 
   the free silver movement
   
2. 
   the civil rights movement
   
3. 
   the urban renewal movement
   
4. 
   the anti-immigration movement
   

1. 
   by writing laws that made segregation in public schools illegal
   
2. 
   by ruling in several cases that segregation in public schools was illegal
   
3. 
   by supporting an amendment to the Constitution to make segregation in public schools illegal
   
4. 
   by allowing the president of the United States to declare segregation in public schools illegal
   

1. 
   Freedom Riders traveled on buses in the South.
   
2. 
   Congress passed the Voting Rights Act.
   
3. 
   Protesters staged a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
   
4. 
   Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a march in Washington, D.C.
   

1. 
   It provided most African Americans with jobs.
   
2. 
   It provided most African Americans with housing.
   
3. 
   It encouraged African Americans to travel overseas.
   
4. 
   It encouraged African Americans to work toward equal rights.
   

1. 
   to end segregation laws that caused inequality
   
2. 
   to encourage African Americans to seek employment
   
3. 
   to ensure that all African Americans joined the NAACP
   
4. 
   to allow buses to have assigned seats for all passengers
   

1. 
   Army soldiers protected civil rights protestors from violence.
   
2. 
   Protesters sought to bring people together to solve differences.
   
3. 
   Civil rights protestors collected money to help fight discrimination.
   
4. 
   Congress passed a law forbidding civil rights protestors to use violence.
   

Why was the assassination of John F. Kennedy significant?

1. 
   He was assassinated before he had time to choose a Vice President.
   
2. 
   He was assassinated during the election, before he became President.
   
3. 
   He was the only person in government supporting civil rights at the time.
   
4. 
   He was a popular president who was pushing forward many social changes.
   

1. 
   It led to the integration of public schools.
   
2. 
   It led to the continuation of segregated public schools.
   
3. 
   It led to more limits on the rights of African Americans.
   
4. 
   It led to the removal of African Americans from public schools.
   

1. 
   automobile
   
2. 
   chemical
   
3. 
   computer
   
4. 
   petroleum
   

1. 
   airplanes and ships
   
2. 
   automobiles and railroads
   
3. 
   tape recorders and record players
   
4. 
   computers and heat-resistant materials