Review Standards CkPt 5

How is Maynard Jackson related to the Civil Rights Movement?

• He was the successor to Martin Luther King, Jr., in the SCLC.

• He was one of the main supporters of building a major airport in Atlanta.

• He was one of the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

• He was the first African American to serve as the mayor of Atlanta.

Which famous Georgia politician began his career as a leader in the civil rights movement and was a close personal friend of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• Alonzo Herndon

• Andrew Young

• Lester Maddox

• Jimmy Carter

Who was the first African American since Reconstruction to be elected to Congress from Georgia?

• Andrew Young

• Maynard Jackson

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John Lewis

Eugene Talmadge ___________ President Roosevelt's New Deal Programs.

• favored

• opposed

• encouraged

• accepted

FDRs New Deal programs were designed to help_____

• only whites

• only people of color

• all citizens of the US

Which of the following best explains the purpose of the New Deal?

• To give African Americans equal opportunities

• To give Franklin Roosevelt more control over the government

• To cause and economic panic

• To bring economic recovery to the United States and to help people get jobs

Which governor of Georgia did NOT want the government to get involved in the recovery of the depression and would not allow the New Deal Programs in Georgia?

• Jimmy Carter

• Richard B Russell

• Brian Kemp

• Eugene Talmadge

In order to demonstrate publicly for civil rights and equality for all, many well known African American individuals and organizations planned various demonstrations. All of the following, except____ are examples of these demonstrations.

• March on Washington

• Montgomery Bus Boycot

• blacks opened restaurants not allowing whites

• participated in sit-ins until they were served.

Eugene Talmadge saw himself as the "Savior of Georgia". What did he do to contradict this idea?

• He refused to allow FDR's New Deal plans in Georgia

• He fought for desegregation in all of Georgia's public schools.

• He encouraged FDR's New Deal programs to begin ASAP in Georgia.

• He fought for his son to take his place as governor after his death.

During the 1946 Georgia Governor's race, Eugene Talmadge campaigned and promised to ______ and _____ if re-elected to the position of Georgia's Governor.

• accept FDR's New Deal/enforce the White Primary

• Integrate all public schools in Georgia/create a position of Lt. Governor

• enforce Jim Crow laws/bring back the White Primary

• abolish the White Primary/enforce FDR's New Deal programs