8th Grade GA Studies H11 Civil Rights Movement

The landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized segregation was:

• the Dred Scott decision

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown vs. BOE

The landmark Supreme Court decision that ruled that separate was NOT equal was:

• The Dred Scott decision

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown vs. BOE

Most white southern leaders ________ the Supreme Court’s order to desegregate.

• favored

• opposed

• were divided on

Georgia’s General Assembly did all of the following in response to the order to desegregate EXCEPT

• modify the state’s flag by adding the Confederate battle flag.

• threaten to abolish all of GA’s public schools.

• express strong support for integration

GA’s Sibley Commission recommended that:

• public schools in GA be closed

• Public schools in GA be forced to desegregate.

• Public schools in GA be allowed to decide the issue of segregation for themselves.

Who was Governor of GA 1967-1971, believed in states’ rights & segregation, closed his restaurant rather than allow blacks to eat there, had Little People’s Day, allowed citizens to speak face to face with governor?

• Benjamin Mays

• Lester Maddox

• James Oglethorpe

The Albany movement failed because it

• focused on too many things

• was extremely violent

• was in a small town and no one cared

What was the purpose of the March on Washington?

• To get equal rights and to push Congress to vote yes on the civil rights legislation.

• To gather and protest Congress.

• To get some exercise.

The Civil Rights Act prohibited

• blacks and whites from being together.

• discrimination based on color, race, gender, or religion.

• discrimination based on hair, height, or weight.

The change in the 1956 state flag show the feelings of Georgia legislators. What were those feelings?

• The state wanted to integrate schools.

• The state wanted each district to decide for themselves.

• The state wanted to preserve segregation in schools.