Civil Rights Movement & Modern GA Review

These black teenagers were the first to integrate into a High School in Arkansas.

• Elite Eight

• Little Rock Nine

• Arkansas Seven

• Final Four

 Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?

• Freedom Rides
• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• March on Washington
• March from  Selma to Montgomery

Thurgood Marshall was an important part of the Civil Rights Movement because: 

• He was the first African American to be appointed as a Supreme Court Justice

• He was the lawyer during Brown vs. Board of Education case

• He spoke during the march on Washington

• He worked to promote segregation in the African American community

This law banned all literacy tests and grandfather clauses that disenfranchised African Americans

• Civil Rights Act, 1964

• Voting Rights Act, 1965

• Civil Rights Movement 1960's

• 24th Amendment

In 1964, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution was added, what did the amendment do?

• Kept African Americans from voting.

• Prevented African Americans from attending certain schools.

• Outlawed poll taxes which kept African Americans from voting

• Segregated African Americans on buses and in restaurants.

What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case?

• Segregation in public schools became illegal
• African-Americans began playing profession sports
• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus
• MLK led a March on Washington

Which court cause over-turned 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 flag was in response to?

• Resistance to the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The old flag was ugly

• Resistance to Brown v. Board of Education

• The Pro-Black National Party

What was the purpose of the Sibley Commission?

• To print signs to boycott desegregation

• To help transition African Americans into white schools

• To hold sit-ins at local stores to boycott segregation

• To hold public hearings to see how Georgians felt about integration

The Sibley Commission found that:

• 60% of Georgians would rather integrate rather than see schools close.

• 60% of Georgians was ready for desegregation

• 60% of schools wanted to individually choose how they handled segregation

• 60% of Georgians would rather see schools closed than integrated