What was the purpose of the Sibley Commission?

To solve the problems with desegregating Georgia schools

Help blacks and whites to meet civilly to discuss issues

To stop the protests in Georgia

Why was the Sibley Commission formed?

to study the question of desegregation and gather residents' input regarding integration of public schools.

to protect African American children who attended white schools from mob violence.

to redesign and produce the new Georgia state flag.

to organize marches, sit-ins and boycotts against businesses that refused to desegregate.

What does SNCC (pronounced snick) stand for?

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Socialist Nazi Communism Country

Sibley Not Cooperating Commission

What does SCLC stand for?

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Socialist Communist Lawful Consultation

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Sibley Commission Legal Collaboration

Why is the Albany Movement generally considered a failure during the Civil Rights Movement?

It failed to immediately desegregate the entire Albany community.

It failed to include major civil rights leader such as Martin Luther King Jr.

It failed to gain national attention.

It was not a failure but the most successful protest during the 1960s.

Why did the Georgia General Assembly vote to change the state flag in 1956?

In response the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

They wanted to have a visually attractive flag.

The Georgia citizens voted to changed the flag.

To avoid confusion with other southern state's flag.

Why did former GA Governor Lester Maddox choose to close his infamous restaurant in the 1960s?

He refused to integrate and serve blacks.

He was unable to hire black workers after the great migration.

The government cut funding to all political officers at that time.

He shut it do to pursue his political career.

How did Georgia react to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?

By desegregating as quickly as possible

By using the national guard to keep African American students out of white only schools

As governor of Georgia, Lester Maddox did surprising things including:

Hiring more African Americans into office than any other governor before him

Integrated the Georgia State Patrol

What was the ruling in the Brown V. BOE case?

Separate but equal was unconstitutional

Separate but equal was OK but not in schools

All schools should be segregated

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1 min • 1 pt

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

allow children to work.

to pay black people less than white people.

to return a slave.

to segregate schools.

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

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After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to

let African Americans ride the bus.

deny someone of a job because of their race.

fire someone for not doing their job.

kick someone out of the military.

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2 mins • 1 pt

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

Sweatt v. Painter

Brown v. Board of Education

Plessy v. Ferguson

Mendez v. Kirby ISD

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

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1 min • 1 pt

Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

Sit-In

Freedom Rides

Selma March

Filibuster

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

Lyndon B. Johnson

John F. Kennedy

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CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

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Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?

Charlayne Hunter

Harriet Tubman

Rosa Parks

Rebecca L. Felton

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

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_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC.

Harry Belafonte

Barack Obama

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jesse Jackson

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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Civil Rights

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?

_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC.

More than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally for jobs and freedom.

When African Americans refused to ride the public busses as a sign of protest; this began when Rosa Parks was jailed for refusing to give up her seat to a black man.

Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

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