SS8H11 Mastery

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

The Sibly Commision:

• Printed signs to boycott desegregation

• Helped transition African American students into white schools

• Held sit ins at local stores to boycott segregation

• held public hearings to see how Georgians felt about the integration

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

Which man from Georgia is recognized as the leader  of the modern Civil Rights movement?

• Benjamin Mays
• Herman Talmadge
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Lester Maddox

Martin Luther King gave "I have a Dream" Speech at this event

• Integration of UGA
• Albany Movement
• March on Atlanta
• March on Washington

The Sibley Commission found that about...

• 60% of Georgia citizens supported integrating school systems

• 60% of Georgia citizens did not support integrating school systems

• 50% of Georgia citizens supported closing the schools

• 30% of Georgia citizens wanted to be homeschooled

Leader of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, leader of the Selma March, current U.S. Representative from Georgia

• John Lewis

• Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr.

• Maynard Jackson

• Andrew Young

The Supreme Court decision that declared "separate but equal" school unconstitutional?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Worchester v. Georgia

• Dred Scott v. Sanford