Practice Test - Social Studies With A Smile



Practice Test

1. The baby boom primarily resulted from the

a. economic prosperity of the 1920s

b. Great Depression of the 1930s

c. delay in marriages during World War II

d. counterculture movement of the 1960s

2. What was the main purpose of the GI Bill passed by Congress shortly before the end of World War II?

a. to offer low-interest loans to the defense industry

b. to provide economic aid to veterans

c. to contain the spread of international communism

d. to expand career opportunities in the military

3. Which generalization can most accurately be drawn from a study of Supreme Court cases Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education?

a. The Supreme Court has issued consistent decisions in cases involving rights of the accused.

b. Supreme Court decisions are accepted without public controversy.

c. The Justices believe that social issues are best left for state courts to decide.

d. The Supreme Court has helped to determine public policy.

4. When necessary to achieve justice, which method did Martin Luther King, Jr., urge his followers to employ?

a. using violence to bring about political change

b. engaging in civil disobedience

c. leaving any community in which racism is practiced

d. demanding that Congress pay reparations to African Americans

5. "Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."

-Brown v. Board of Education

The effect of this Supreme Court ruling was to

a. establish affirmative action programs in higher education

b. require the integration of public schools

c. desegregate the armed forces and the military academies

d. force states to spend an equal amount on each public school student

6. Martin Luther King, Jr. first emerged as a leader of the civil rights movement when he

a. led the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama

b. refused to give up his seat on a bus to a white man

c. challenged the authority of the Supreme Court

d. was elected as the first black congressman from the South

7. In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that

a. states may not secede from the Union

b. all western territories should be open to slavery

c. racial segregation was constitutional

d. slaves are property and may not be taken from their owners

8. What type of music gained popularity in the mid-1950s?

a. classical

b. rock n roll

c. blues

d. jazz

9. Which of the following policies was included in the Fair Deal reform passed by Congress?

a. government financed health insurance

b. expanded Social Security benefits

c. unlimited welfare benefits

d. 3 year limit on unemployment benefits

10. Which of the following statements is true about American life in the 1950s?

a. people moved to the rustbelt cities of the Northeast

b. the economy suffered a depression

c. the decade was a time of social conformity

d. the population leveled off.

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