Societal and Technological Growth - part 1

What was the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education?

• Schools would be segregated and kept separate.

• The separate-but-equal policy is unconstitutional.

• Black schools would get more money for books and teachers.

• Blacks could only attend white schools if there was space available.

In what way did agriculture change in Georgia from 1940 to 1980?

• Peaches became Georgia’s number one cash crop.

• As farming technology improved, there were fewer farms.

• As farming technology improved, more people moved to rural areas.

• Manufacturing became much more common than agriculture in Georgia.

1. What word BEST describes Dr. Martin Luther King’s strategy to bring about social change?

• A. unity

• A. democracy

• A. nonviolence

• A. compromise

Why did Georgia adopt a new state flag in 1956?

• the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled the previous flag as being unconstitutional

• officials in state government supported the decision in Brown v. Board of Education

• the previous flag was offensive to African-Americans because it included symbols of the Confederate flag

• the state’s white political leaders wanted to make a statement against desegregation and protest the Brown v. Board of Education ruling

What was the focus of the Albany Movement in Georgia?

• to end segregation of public schools in Albany

• to integrate interstate bus station waiting rooms in Albany

• to implement a “first-come, first-served” policy on Albany buses

• to force the hiring of African American bus drivers for Albany’s bus station

What was the purpose of the Sibley Commission?

• to study the issue of school integration

• to develop a plan for securing jobs for blacks

• to set up a series of meetings to bring blacks and whites together

• to make recommendations for desegregation in public transportation

What did the Sibley Commission recommend?

• integrating Georgia’s public transportation system

• making proposals to the legislature to address racial issues

• establishing a quota system to ensure the hiring of black workers

• allowing local school systems to decide if they wanted integration or to shut down

Atlanta’s international airport, the “world’s busiest”, is partly named in honor of which man who was Atlanta’s first African American mayor?

• William Hartfield

• Andrew Young

• Maynard Jackson

• Ivan Allen, Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech is associated with what event?

• the Albany Movement protests

• the March on Washington, D.C.

• his “Letter from the Birmingham Jail”

• his keynote sermon to the Auburn Avenue Baptist Church

Which statement serves as evidence of Ellis Arnall’s attempt to improve race relations?

• He chose to discontinue the white primary system in Georgia’s elections.

• He decided to hire many African Americans into the state trooper police force.

• He testified before Congress against Eugene Talmadge when charged for discrimination.

• He worked to eliminate the grandfather clause that left out many African American voters.