Unit 9 Study Guide

The cartoon seen here made reference to what Supreme Court decision?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Regents of the Univ. of California v. Bakke

What was the purpose of "SNCC" during the early years of the Civil Rights era?

• to provide more militant leadership to combat racism

• it replaced the NAACP as the dominant Civil Rights era

• it coordinated students around the south in resisting segregation laws

• it was a "whites only" organization created to keep whites in political power in the South

The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), formed in the 1960s, was known for its organized, nonviolent sit-ins to protest

• unequal pay

• Jim Crow laws

• violence against students

• the unfair treatment of women

President Lyndon B. Johnson persuaded Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The primary purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to

• protect impoverished groups by banning the poll tax

• implement affirmative action programs at the federal level

• issue federal grants to businesses owned by minorities and women

• prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, and national origin

Which organization was led by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• The Black Panthers

• The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

• The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Which statement BEST describes why the Georgia State Flag changed designs?

• It was changed as soon as the Reconstruction era came to an end.

• It was changed as a reaction to the desegregation movement of the era.

• It was changed because more Georgians supported honoring the Confederacy

• It was changed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the end of the Civil War.

First organized in 1960 at Shaw University in North Carolina.

Played a major role in the "sit-ins" and "freedom rides" of the Civil Rights era.

Organized voter registration drives across the South, especially in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.

Served as the main organization for African American youth and young adults during the Civil Rights movement.

Which civil rights era organization is being described by these statements?

• The Nation of Islam

• The Black Panther Party

• The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

-Lunch Counter sit-ins

-Bus Boycotts

-March on Washington

-March to Selma

The events above and the accompanying picture are all associated with what period in U.S. History?

• Progressive Era

• Vietnam War protests

• Civil Rights Movement

• Women's Rights Movement

In Georgia history, the Sibley Commission is MOST linked to which of these?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Brown v. Board of Education

Lester Maddox took opposition to the federal government after the 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed. Which action describes how he took action against the progression of the Civil Rights Movement?

• He became a state senator and worked to block bills granting equality to blacks

• He posted signs around his town protesting integration and made speeches on television

• He closed his restaurant because he refused to serve blacks after integration was passed

• He refused to send his children to the same school as black children after schools integrated