NGMS 8th SS - Unit 8 - Modern GA 2022

Front

What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in the Brown vs. Board of Education case?

Back

The "separate, but equal" policy was unconstitutional.

Front

How did agriculture in Georgia change between 1940 and 1980?

Back

Farm technology improved, so the number of farms/farmers decreased.

Front

What word BEST describes Dr. Martin Luther King's strategy for social change?

Back

nonviolence

Front

Why did Georgia change its flag in 1956?

Back

GA officials used it to protest desegregation and Brown v. Board ruling

Front

What was the goal of the Albany Movement in Georgia?

Back

desegregate all of Albany, focusing on bus stations

Front

Why was the Sibley Commission formed?

Back

to look into the issue of school desegregation (integration)

Front

At what event did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?

Back

the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Front

Which answer shows that Ellis Arnall tried to improve race relations? Options: He chose to discontinue Georgia's white primary races. He hired many African Americans as state troopers. He testified before Congress against Eugene Talmadge. He ended the "grandfather clause" that left out black voters.

Back

He chose to discontinue Georgia's white primary races.

Front

The death of this man triggered Georgia's Three Governors Controversy in 1946.

Back

Eugene Talmadge

Front

What were two of Mayor Ivan Allen's major accomplishments? Stood against segregation in Atlanta; wanted to build I-285

Back

Stood against segregation in Atlanta; wanted to build I-285