Quiz 32 Study Guide

Question 1

first America to travel in space

Answer 1

Alan B. Shepard

Question 2

first man to walk on the surface of the moon

Answer 2

Neil Armstrong

Question 3

first American to orbit the earth

Answer 3

John Glenn

Question 4

President who began the Interstate Highway System

Answer 4

Dwight Eisenhower

Question 5

first Japanese-American to serve in Congress

Answer 5

Daniel Inyoue

Question 6

first Japanese-American woman to serve in Congress

Answer 6

Patsy Mink

Question 7

first black Supreme Court Justice

Answer 7

Thurgood Marshall

Question 8

man who gave a famous speech about civil rights and influenced political leaders to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act

Answer 8

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 9

first black man to become a part of the President’s cabinet

Answer 9

Robert Weaver

Question 10

schoolteacher who died in the Challenger explosion

Answer 10

Christa McAuliffe