CST 245 EXAM BRAND NEW OFFICIAL
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS.
What happened in 1957? - correct answer -President Eisenhower
with Little Rock Nine and Spitnik 1 is first Earth-orbiting satellite
which ignited the Space Race within the Cold War
Cold War - correct answer -A conflict that was between the US
and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each
other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.
Space Race - correct answer -A competition of space exploration
between the United States and Soviet Union.
What happened in 1968? - correct answer -MLK Jr. assassination
& Civil Rights act sighned by LBJ (Lyndon Bane Johnson). Robert
F. Kennedy's assassination and Vietnam
Vietnam War - correct answer -A prolonged war (1954-1975)
between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were
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supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of
South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.
After the Vietnam War - correct answer -Vietnam was divided into
the north and south, voting age lowered to 18 , ended military
draft
Responsibilities of US Citizens - correct answer -Legally required
- Jury Duty and Register Children to school Expected to - obey
laws, pay taxes, encouraged to vote
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) - correct answer -Legalized
segregation in publicly owned facilities on the basis of "separate
but equal."
Brown v. Board of Education - correct answer -1954 case that
overturned Separate but Equal standard of discrimination in
education.
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Ruby Bridges - correct answer -The first African-American girl to
go to a white school; she had to have a police escort to get to and
from school in New Orleans during integration
Rosa Parks (1955) - correct answer -Parks arrested for refusing
to give up bus seat to white man, African American leaders called
for city-wide boycott of bus system (lasted almost 400 days);
Supreme Court ruled segregated buses unconstitutional
Lunch Counter Sit-Ins (1960) - correct answer -Challenged lunch
counters that refused to serve blacks, later spread to any
segregated public place
Both classical ballet in Europe and the Kabuki dancers of Japan -
correct answer -Although they evolved in very different ways, both
classical ballet in Europe and Kabuki theatre in Japan have left
strong imprints on their respective cultures. The images of men
and women that emerged in each of these performance traditions
evolved for aesthetic and theatrical reasons. Whether it is the
seemingly effortless grace of the classical ballet dancer or the
stylized refinement of the Kabuki artist, the appearance and
deportment of the actors and dancers have been widely emulated
in each culture.