SS8H11a 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

What was the Civil Rights Movement?

• Civil lawyers voted to move the courts to cities

• African Americans fought against racial descrimination and segregation

• Whites fought to preserve segregation

• Hispanic voters faught for their right to vote

The Civil Rights Act of 1964:

• Was a law that banned the use of civil lawyers in a court room

• Was a law that banned Civil Rights protests in Washington D.C.

• Was a play performed on Broadway about Martin Luther King Jr.

• Was a law that banned discrimination against any American because of race/color/religion.

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 keep public school segregated.

• 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

Integration means…

• to organize a movement

• to blend different ethnic groups together

• to treat people differently based on gender

• to separate people according to race

What sparked the Civil Rights Movement in the 1940-1950's?

• President Truman had desegregated the Military during WWII.

• The public hanging of Cecil Roberts in front of the White House.

• The United Nations demanded America end their Jim Crow Laws.

• The assassination of Martin Luther King.

What Governor hired John Sibley to gage public opinion on desegregation, and tried to close UGA because a Judge ordered Two African Americans be allowed to attend the college.

• Ernest Vandiver

• Melvin Thompson

• Eugene Talmadge

• Jim Crow

What did Plessey v. Ferguson ruling basically say?

• Equal rights, but Separate.

• Each State could decide if African Americans should be equal.

• Blacks were not American citizens.

• Unconstitutional to force an individual to serve, or provide a service to blacks.