Civil Rights Unit Review

Which court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Marbury v. Madison

What did many people believe the 1956 Georgia State flag was in response to?

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The old flag was ugly

• Georgia's resistance to the federal government's integration laws

• The Pro-black National Party

The Sibley Commission:

• Printed signs to boycott desegregation

• Helped transition African American students into white schools

• Held sit ins at local stores to boycott segregation

• held public hearings to see how Georgians felt about the integration of schools

A group of college students wh held sit-ins at segregated restaurants along with promoted voter registration"

• Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• Children of MLK Together

• ALL Civil Rights Acitivists Unite

• Tuskeegee Coalition

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

• Supported Prison Reform

• All of the Above

The Supreme Court decision that declared "separate but equal" school unconstitutional?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Worchester v. Georgia

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

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

• By changing the state flag

• By closing its public schools

• By desegregating as quickly as possible

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

The Governor of Georgia ordered the Sibley commission to find out how Georgians wanted to handle desegregating public schools. What did the commission find out?

• That 60% of Georgians wanted to close public school rather than integrate.

• That 70% of Georgians wanted to desegregate as quickly as possible

• That Georgians were divided 50-50 about desegregating

• That only 10% of Georgians had strong feeling about refusing the integrate schools

Most recognized leader of the Civil Rights Movement, leader of the SCLC, gave the "I have a dream" speech

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• John Lewis

• Andrew Young

• Maynard Jackson

Leader of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, leader of the Selma March, former U.S. Representative from Georgia

• John Lewis

• Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr.

• Maynard Jackson

• Andrew Young