Milestones Practice Unit 10: Civil Rights & Modern Georgia

“Segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detrimental effect upon the colored children. The impact is greater when it has the sanction of the law, for the policy of separating the races is usually interpreted as denoting the inferiority of the Negro group...Any language in contrary to this finding is rejected. We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. ”

—Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Chief Justice Warren's majority opinion was from which Supreme Court case?

• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

• Gideon v. Wainwright (1964)

• Engel v. Vitale (1962)

• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)

In what way did the Sibley Commission in 1960 affect the integration of schools in Georgia?

• It showed that most Georgians favored integration

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  It encouraged the state to close schools rather than integrate them

• It prevented local districts from deciding to integrate

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  It recommended the state follow federal decision to integrate

Which of the following did the LEAST to end segregation in Georgia?

• Lester Maddox

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Albany Movement

Which of the following is the BEST evidence that many Georgians supported Lester Maddox in his refusal to integrate his restaurant after the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

• Citizens named him Sheriff of Fulton County

• He earned the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 1968

• He was elected governor in 1967

• He ran for mayor of Atlanta and won

Read the statements below

Speaker 1: “White children must be educated with other white children and black children with other black children. Never together.”

Speaker 2: “Things are separate, but they are definitely not equal. Something has to change.”

Speaker 3: “It is an unfair practice and an inefficient use of resources to continue to segregate our schools.”

Speaker 4: “It should be up to the people of Georgia to decide whether its schools should be integrated.”

Which speakers would MOST LIKELY vote for Lester Maddox?

• Speakers 2 and 3

• Speakers 1 and 4

• Speakers 2 and 4

• Speakers 1 and 3

Determine whether the statement is describing Maynard Jackson or Andrew Young.

• Maynard Jackson

• Ambassador to the United Nations, 1977-1979.

• Andrew Young

• First African-American mayor of a major southern city (Atlanta).

• Maynard Jackson

• Was mayor when Atlanta won the rights to host the Summer Olympics

• Andrew Young

• First African-American Congressman from Georgia since the Reconstruction Era

What was the significance of Maynard Jackson’s election as mayor of Atlanta in 1970?

• He was Atlanta’s first Republican mayor since Reconstruction

• He won without receiving the popular vote

• He was the first African American mayor of a major southern city

• He was the first mayor of Atlanta who opposed segregation

Maynard Jackson helped to oversee significant growth during his time as Atlanta's mayor. Which of these important public works projects was Maynard Jackson NOT responsible for during his time as Atlanta's mayor?

• Building I-85 through the downtown area of Atlanta

• Overseeing the growth of the MARTA transportation system

• Enlarging and updating Atlanta's international terminal at the airport

• Overseeing the completion of Freedom Parkway in preparation for the Olympics

Which of the following prevented his reelection and did the MOST to damage Jimmy Carter’s legacy as President of the United States?

• Camp David Accords

• Iranian Hostage Crisis

• Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

• Panama Canal Treaties

Examine the diagram. Which of the following completes the diagram?

• Jimmy Carter’s Accomplishments as President of the United States

• Jimmy Carter’s Accomplishments as Governor of Georgia

• Jimmy Carter’s Accomplishments After His Presidency

• Jimmy Carter’s Accomplishments as a State Senator