Civil Rights Timeline

Civil Rights Movement Day 1

By Carmela Martinez

Multiple Choice

1. What was the primary issue in the case Brown v. Board of Education?

• the integration of all white public schools

• the integration of colored schools

• the integration of all white private schools

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2. What prior court case was overturned  by the case Brown v. Board of Education?

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Worcester v. GA

• Plessy v. Ferguson.

• Sibley v. GA BOE

Multiple Select

3. Who was Thurgood Marshall and what does he later become? Choose all that apply

• Lawyer for NAACP

• 1st African American Lawyer for the Supreme Court

• 1st African American Supreme Court Justice

• Lawyer for SNCC

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4. What amendment did the idea of “separate but equal” violate?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

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5. How did southern states react to the decision the Supreme Court made in Brown v. Board?

• they closed schools rather than to integrate

• they allowed the decision to integrate

• they welcomed the decision to integrate

• they resisted the decision to integrate

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6. What happened in Arkansas when the first 9 African American students tried to attend Little Rock Highschool?

• they were welcomed and protected by Arkansas’ National Guard at the direction of the Governor.

• they were harassed and turned away by Arkansas’ National Guard at the direction of the Governor. 

• they were harassed and turned away by Arkansas’ National Guard at the direction of the President

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7. How did the state of Georgia respond to the Brown v. Board of education ruling in 1956?

• changed its state flag by adding the St. Andrew's cross

• changed its state pledge by adding the St. Andrew's cross

• changed its state emblem by adding the St. Andrew's cross

• changed its state National Anthem by adding the St. Andrew's cross

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8. What was the reason for adding the Confederate battle flag to the GA state flag?

• as a sign of peace to the Federal Government’s decision to force integration.

• as a sign of acceptance to the Federal Government’s decision to force integration.

• as a sign of resistance to the Federal Government’s decision to force integration.

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9. When was the Confederate battle flag removed from the GA state flag?

• 2000

• 2001

• 2002

• 2003

Multiple Choice

10. What GA Governor pushed to remove the Confederate battle flag from the GA state flag?

• Eugene Talmadge

• Nathan Deal

• Roy Barnes

• Zell Miller

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11. What was being investigated by the Sibley Commission?

• to see how soon Georgians wanted integration.

• to see how Georgians felt about integration.

• to see how Georgians would deal with integration.

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12. What did the Sibley Commission find out about the feeling of GA citizens in regards to desegregating schools?

• 60% of Georgians would rather close schools than integrate

• 40% of Georgians would rather close schools than integrate

• 60% of Georgians would rather integrate

Multiple Select

13. Who were the first two African American students to attend UGA? choose all that apply.

• Charlayne Hunter

• Hunter Holmes

• Hamilton Holmes

• Charlayne Hamilton

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14. How did Governor Ernest Vandiver originally respond to the integration of UGA?

• threatened to close or cut the funding of the University rather than integrate

• promised to give funding to the University if it integrated

• threatened to call out the National Guard if the University was to integrate

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15. How did the integration of UGA impact the integration of schools within the rest of Georgia?

• other schools in GA refused to integrate

• other schools in GA started to close rather integrate

• other schools in GA started to integrate