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WorksheetsCivil Rights and Georgia
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which does NOT describe Benjamin Mays?
a)
Chairman of the Board of Education
b)
Mentor to Martin Luther King Jr
c)
Governor of Georgia
d)
President of Morehouse college
2.
What is the white primary?
a)
The type of paint you use before adding a top coat of color
b)
The rule that only whites could vote in the primary elections
c)
The rule that only blacks could vote in the secondary elections
d)
The rule that kept underaged people from voting in primary elcetions
3.
What was the main controversy in the 1946 Governor's race in Georgia?
a)
Ellis Arnall was impeached because of his views on segregation
b)
Herman Talmadge and Eugene Talmadge were father and son and couldn't run on the same ballot.
c)
Eugene Talmadge died before he could take office and two men claimed they were the rightful governor
d)
Talmadge did not win the popular vote
4.
What caused Herman Talmadge to eventually win the Governor's office in 1950?
a)
His promise to lower taxes
b)
The sacrifices he made as a soldier in WWII
c)
His involvement in public school improvment.
d)
His views on segregation
5.
True or False: Herman Talmadge made changes as governor to allocate tax money to help public school systems.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
What was the ruling in the Brown V. BOE case?
a)
Separate but equal was OK but not in schools
b)
Separate but equal was unconstitutional
c)
Buses should not be segregated
d)
All schools should be segregated
7.
True or False: Martin Luther King Jr. urged his followers to react with violence when they were physically attacked.
a)
True: He supported Violent Protests
b)
False: He supported Non-Violent Protests
8.
Where did the first sit-in occur?
a)
Albany, GA
b)
Birmingham, AL
c)
Greensboro, NC
d)
Charleston, SC
9.
Who was the first president of the SNCC?
a)
John Lewis
b)
H. Rap Brown
c)
Maynard Jackson
d)
Martin Luther King Jr
10.
True or False: Georgia initially did not support the Brown V BOE decision.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
What was the purpose of the Sibley Commission?
a)
Help blacks secure jobs
b)
Help blacks and whites to meet civilly to discuss issues
c)
To stop the protests in Georgia
d)
To solve the problems with desegregating Georgia schools
12.
Who was the governor of Georgia when UGA desegregated and allowed the first black students?
a)
Nathan Deal
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Ernest Vandiver
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
13.
What was the name of the event where MLK Jr gave his "I Have A Dream" speech?
a)
The March on Atlanta, GA
b)
THe Montgomery Bus Boycott
c)
The Albany Movement
d)
The March on Washington, D.C.
14.
What was the purpose of the March on Washington?
a)
To urge the passage of the Civil Rights Act
b)
To protest for women's rights
c)
It was a political rally for the campaign of Herman Talmadge
d)
It was organized to stop the Albany Movement in Georgia
15.
True or False: The Civil Rights Act demanded that churches integrate as well as schools, and businesses.
a)
True: Churches had to abide by the integration rule
b)
False: Churches were excluded from the act
16.
What was one of Lester Maddox's accomplishments as governor?
a)
Started the HOPE scholarship
b)
Decreased funding for public schools and the arts
c)
Appointed more African Americans to state boards
d)
Changed the State flag
17.
Who was the first African American Mayor of Atlanta?
a)
Maynard Jackson
b)
Michael Jackson
c)
Andrew Young
d)
Sam Massell
18.
True or False: Maynard Jackson brought the Olympics to Georgia in 1996
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Which was NOT and accomplishment of Andrew Young?
a)
Established the Citizen's Scholarship
b)
Brought the Olympics to Atlanta
c)
Was the first African American since reconstruction to be elected to the House of Representatives
d)
Served as mayor of Atlanta
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