SS8H10&11 Quiz

Unsuccessful civil rights effort in Georgia

• Albany Movement
• Brown Vs. Board of Education
• SNCC

Which man from Georgia is recognized as the leader  of the modern Civil Rights movement?

• Benjamin Mays
• Herman Talmadge
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Lester Maddox

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Who was both a governor of GA and a US senator who opposed integration?

• Ellis Arnall
• Herman Talmadge
• Andrew Young
• Maynard Jackson

What was the purpose of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating  Committee?

• SNCC coordinated youth led, non-violent campaigns against segregation and other forms of racism
• SNCC went door to door to find out how other Georgians felt about integration
• SNCC was a group who fought to March in Washington

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   He was a governor of GA from 1967 to 1971.  He believed strongly in states' rights and segregation.He became a public figure when he refused to serve African Americans in his Atlanta restaurant in defiance of the Civil Rights Act.  

• Eugene Talmadge
• Lester Maddox
• Herman Talmadge

This man was governor of GA from 1967 to 1971.  While in office, he surprised many people by putting more African Americans into government jobs than ever before. It was a surprise because earlier he was a segregationists who wanted to close his restaurant rather than obey the law.

• Louis Armstrong
• Maynard Jackson
• Benjamin Mays
• Lester Maddox

Which term means keeping blacks and whites apart in public places/

• integration
• segregation
• desegregation

The protections and privileges given to all citizens by federal and state constitutions and laws.

• Civil rights
• constitution
• Animal rights

Bringing together people of different races and allowing them equal access to places where they were formally kept apart

• desegregation
• integration
• segregation
• desegregation and integration

Which is the BEST explanation for the decline in cotton production that occurred in Georgia in the decades following World War II?

• The cotton crops were devastated by several years of drought.
• The cotton crops were destroyed by an infestation of boll weevils.
• Georgia farmers were paid to reduce production under the Agricultural Adjustment Act.
• Newly developed synthetic fabrics like nylon and rayon led to a decrease in demand for cotton.