Unit 9 Civil Rights ONLY Study Guide

An early influence in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s life, teaching about the injustices of segregation and the ways of nonviolent protest was:

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Rosa Parks

• Booker T. Washington

• Benjamin Mays

What event gave Dr. Martin Luther King Jr national recognition as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement?

• The March on Washington

• The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• The Selma to Montgomery March

• The Birmingham Campaign

What decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson stating that ‘separate is not equal’?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

What was the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

• The decision upheld racial segregation in public schools.

• The decision declared to integrate public schools.

• The decision allowed racial segregation in public schools under certain conditions.

• The decision did not address the issue of racial segregation in public schools.

For what reason did the Georgia General Assembly change Georgia’s flag in 1956?

• To promote tourism

• To honor a historical event

• To support the civil rights movement

• To protest Brown v. Board of Education.

The purpose of the Sibley Commission was to:

• advocate for the continuation of segregation in schools

• gather public opinion on school desegregation

• promote the integration of public schools

• enforce federal desegregation laws

What was the recommendation made by the Sibley Commission?

• To maintain segregation in public schools

• To close all public schools

• To integrate based on federal laws.

• To privatize public education

What was the first school system in Georgia to integrate?

• Atlanta Public Schools

• Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools

• Clarke County School District

• Fulton County Schools

The first African-Americans to attend the University of Georgia were:

• Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes

• Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X and Angela Davis

• Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman

The organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the purpose of organizing protest efforts during the Civil Rights Movement is:

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)