SS8H11 CIA6/GMAS PREP

What was the purpose of the Sibley Commission?

• To put pressure on the courts to reverse the Brown Vs. Board of Education decision
• To find out how Georgians felt about desegregation
• To pass laws supporting integration of schools

What did the GA do in opposition to the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

• Added the Constatine battle flag to the Georgia state flag

• Added the Confederate Battle flag to the Georgia state flag

• Added thirteen bars to the Georgia State flag

Where did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. give his famous "I have a dream " speech?

• Vermont
• March on Washington
• Million Man March

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

Which was NOT a purpose of the March on Washington?

• Election of a Black President
• the right to vote
• full and fair employment
• decent housing

What did the Supreme Court decide in Brown v. Board of Education?

• They supported the earlier case of Plessy V. Ferguson

• They said that segregation schools needed to be more equal.

• They said that segregation was no longer allowed in public school.

• They said that it was up to the individual states to determine if they would have segregated schools or not.

Christian organization made up of black ministers who's sole purpose was to achieve civil equality for all African Americans; Martin Luther King Jr. was the first president of the organization; members took part in peaceful protests across the south.

• SCLC- Student Christian Leadership Conference

• SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• 1964 Civil Rights Act

• Sibley Commission

Who was the leader of SNCC?

• John Lewis

• Lester Madox

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Jimmy Carter

___________ was viewed as a failure for trying to do too much at one time.

• The 1963 March on Washington

• The Albany Movement

• The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• The Civil Rights Movement.

GA adopting the ___________________ in _______ was a DIRECT message sent to the courts, Washington D.C., the country, etc., basically saying, we're not going to respect _______________ .

• Confederate Battle Flag/2001/Brown vs. B.O.Ed decision

• Confederate Battle Flag/1956/Brown vs B.O.Ed decision

• ring of 13 white stars/1956/Brown vs. B.O.Ed decision

• red, white and blue pattern/1920/Brown vs B.O.Ed decision