8th Grade Social Studies: Unit 7

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

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

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

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

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 person is would have the same view point as Lester Maddox?

• William Hartsfield
• Eugene Talmadge
• Ivan Allen, Jr.
• members of SNCC

Which one did John Lewis lead?

• leader of SCLC

• Leader of SNCC

• Leader of the Republican Party

• Leader of Baptist convention