WorksheetsPost WWII & Civil Rights Movement
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 21mins
Development of better technology and less reliance on agriculture after World War II had which effect on Georgia’s growth?
More citizens wanted to work in farm areas
Georgia’s importance in the Southeast decreased
Georgia’s urban areas grew rapidly
The state’s growth slowed drastically
Use the clues in the boxes to match the correct people to each set of clues.
X is Ivan Allen, Y is William B. Hartsfield
X is William B. Hartsfield, Y is Ivan Allen
X is Kasim Reid, Y is Richard B. Russell
X is Richard B. Russell, Y is Kasim Reid
Ivan Allen, a businessman, was elected mayor of Atlanta in 1962. Some of the actions he took as mayor included the following:
Made an official statement that there were no racial problems in Atlanta
Ordered the immediate removal of the "Colored" and "White" signs on all entrances and exits to City Hall.
Ordered all schools in Atlanta to be segregated.
Hired eight African American police officers for restricted duties, an unheard of move.
William Hartsfield served as mayor of Atlanta for 6 terms. He is known for the following:
Ordered the removal of "Colored" and "White" signs on entrances and exits to City Hall.
Made an official statement that there were no racial issues in the city of Atlanta.
Used a gun and an ax handle to chase African Americans away from his restaurant.
Helped in the area of civil rights and developed the city as an aviation hub.
What was the purpose of the White Primary?
keep blacks from having input into the general elections
To guarantee protection form segregation and discrimination.
To allow African Americans to move to Canada.
To prevent a third March on Washington by protesters.
Former governor Eugene Talmadge brought about the "Three Governors Controversy" when he
ran against three other candidates and won.
resigned from office.
won the primary but died before taking office.
challenged all opponents to three public debates.
Based on the picture, what conclusion can be drawn about the court decision in Brown V. Board of Education?
The Supreme Court ensured that schools would remain segregated for another decade.
The Supreme Court broke the tradition of segregation and pushed for integration.
The Supreme Court sealed the deal by making black schools equal to white schools.
The Supreme Court denied that black schools were not the same as white schools.
A 1960's group comprised of Georgia political leaders who, after holding hearings around the state, recommended leaving the issues of desegregation in the hands of local education systems.
Albany Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Sibley Commission
What was one way that Georgia protested having to integrate its public schools?
Georgia fired the Board of Education.
Georgia Legislators voted to change the state flag to include the Confederate battle emblem.
Georgia Legislators closed public schools until the courts ordered them re-opened.
Georgia did nothing to protest and schools were integrated without incident.
In 2012 John Lewis released a book entitled Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change. Select the best answer that explains why he chose this as the title for his book.
Because he was a young reporter who covered the March on Washington for television.
Because he was one of the young African American students who enrolled in previously all white schools in order to integrate the educational system.
Because he was the first African American congressman from Georgia who passed laws to end segregation.
Because he was one of the leaders who led marchers over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma in order to change the way African Americans were being treated.
What organization was formed in reaction to the arrest of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Their purpose was to coordinate protest activities across the South. The first President of this organization
was Martin Luther King Jr.
CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee)
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), headquartered in Atlanta,
Was organized by activists posing as students.
Was actually a militant group
Focused its activities entirely on school integration
Was a group of students who helped organize protests, boycotts, and voter registration.
The Albany Movement was an effort to desegregate Albany that
Was planned and led by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Successfully spread to other southwestern Georgia towns.
Failed in its objective but taught valuable lessons.
Resulted in bloody riots.
The act that prohibited racial discrimination in employment and labor unions and in public facilities was the
national Labor Unions Act of 1955
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Fair Housing Act of 1954
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. worked very hard to do away with racial segregation in the 1950s and 1960s. What was Dr. King’s strategy for promoting social change?
Dr. King believed that if African Americans received a good education they would be accepted as equals.
Dr. King encouraged people to protest segregation by staging attacks on public buildings using violence.
Dr. King developed a nonviolent approach based on the writings of Henry David Thoreau and the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
Dr. King believed that every person had equal rights and should gain quality by any means possible.
He is generally consider the central figure in the civil rights movement of the 1960's. He was a founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and helped bring about social change through his numerous protests and speeches.
John Lewis
Martin Luther King Jr.
Lester Maddox
In August 1963, civil rights leaders organized a massive rally in the nation's capital to urge passage of President Kennedy's civil rights bill. The high point came when MLK Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to more than 200,000 marchers in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
Albany Movement
March on Washington
Sibley Commission
· Owner of the Pickrick Cafeteria in Atlanta
· Opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
· the last openly-segregationist Governor of Georgia (1967-1971)
· Died in 2003 at age of 87
This information could be used to write a report about what politician?
Ellis Arnall
Lester Maddox
Joseph E. Brown
Eugene Talmadge
This picture represents the kind of 20th century discrimination that was to be eliminated by
"Jim Crow Laws"
The 13th Amendment
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The 15th Amendment
What became known as “Bloody Sunday”?
The day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at a hotel in
Memphis, Tennessee.
The day MLK gave his “Dream” speech to end the March on Washington.
The day Medgar Evers was assassinated by a white supremacist
and Klansman in Mississippi.
The day John Lewis led marchers in Selma who were beaten by Alabama State Troopers as they reached the end of the Pettus Bridge.
Which famous Civil Rights activist did Ms. Taylor shake hands with?
John Lewis
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Angela Davis
No one actually
