Unit 7 Formative

In "Brown v. Board of Education," the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that what was unconstitutional?

• Hiring minority teachers.

• Segregation in all public places

• School segregation.

• Free school lunches

What student group was formed to lead protests, sit-ins, marches, and boycotts as part of the Civil Rights Movement?

• CORE

• SCLC

• SNCC

• NAACP

Which statement does NOT describe the Civil Rights Act?

• It was begun by President John F. Kennedy

• It was signed in 1964

• Martin Luther King, Jr. signed it into law

• President Johnson signed it into law

Which civil rights leader believed in nonviolent protest?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Eugene Talmadge

• Herman Talmadge

• Lester Maddox

The General Assembly voted to change the state flag in 1956 to reflect its opposition to which ruling?

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Dred Scot v. Sanford

• Brown v. B.O.E

• Worcester v. Georgia

What earlier U.S. Supreme Court decision did "Brown v Board of Education" overturn? 

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Dred Scot v. Sanford

• Cummings v. Richmond County

Why did the General Assembly form the Sibley Commission?

• To build a new sports stadium

• to settle the controversy over the 1946 gubernatorial election

• to address school integration

• to decide on a new flag

In 1961 a small south Georgia town, MLK Jr. and over 500 of his supporters were jailed in response to their protests. What is the name given to this action?

• The Valdosta Protest

• The Albany Movement

• Savannah's Salvation

• Macon Madness

Which of the following would an African American citizen MOST likely be supportive of?

• the politics of Herman Talmadge

• integration

• segregation

• the 1956 state flag

The purpose of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was to promote

• the March on Washington, D.C.

• equal rights for African Americans

• civil disobedience in transportation discrimination

• church attendance and membership among the African American community