55-63 quiz

Question 1

where did Rosa PArks stage her boycott in 1956

Answer 1

Montgomery Alabama

Question 2

which restraunt chain was associated with on the road culture

Answer 2

McDonalds

Question 3

what did Brown v Board of education 1954 order

Answer 3

desefregation in schools

Question 4

what collar work expanded and became dominant by 1960

Answer 4

white collar

Question 5

rock and roll star 1954

Answer 5

elvis

Question 6

Kennedys 1960 speech setting out his priorities

Answer 6

New Frontier speech

Question 7

first sattelaite in space

Answer 7

sputnik

Question 8

name of the developments in suburbs first built in 1947

Answer 8

Levittowns

Question 9

who in 1952 granted freedom of expression to film

Answer 9

supreme court

Question 10

where did the nik in beatniks come from

Answer 10

sputnik- the failure of the usa

Question 11

% of Americans who had a tv in their home by 1960

Answer 11

75%

Question 12

phrase referring to white middle class leaving for suburbs

Answer 12

white flight

Question 13

14 year old boy lynched in 1955

Answer 13

Emmet Till

Question 14

famous teen rebel in Hollywood

Answer 14

James Dean

Question 15

Kennedy raised the minimum wage from $1 to

Answer 15

$1.25

Question 16

name of the police commissioner in Birmingham 1963

Answer 16

Eugene ‘Bull’ O’Connor

Question 17

which Tv programme had a consistent theme of how undesirable it was for women to work

Answer 17

I love Lucy

Question 18

Which were the cars desired by wealthy white men

Answer 18

chevrolet

Question 19

founding members of the Beat generation

Answer 19

Jack kerouac
Alan Ginsberg

Question 20

How many miles of interstate highway was authorised by Eisenhower

Answer 20

41,000 miles