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Post World War 2 era

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was elected governor in 1946 that was surrounded to be a scandal?

a)

Ellis Arnall

b)

Eugene Talmadge

c)

Melvin Thompson

d)

Herman Talmadge

2.

What changed schools forever, and was said that there was no such thing as separate but equal that schools needed to combine?

a)

Supreme Court

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

slavery

3.

Why did Georgia change its state flag?

a)

They had a debate because it upset civil rights activist in the state.

b)

Georgia decided lets change it.

4.

Who was the man who was a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr.. Who also was the president of Morehouse college. Who spoke out against segregation and who believed to treat everyone with dignity and respect. Who also preached to students about the democratic principles.

a)

Melvin Thompson

b)

Herman Talmadge

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Benjamin Mays

5.

Case that stated that segregation was legal as long as it is equal. Many whites were upset about the idea that the government was trying to help African American combine with whites. This was a huge major Civil Rights victory.

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

white primary

d)

Georgia state flag changing

6.

Only whites allowed to vote in primary elections. Ellis Arnall worked to get rid of this. In 1946 there was no more of this.

a)

white primary

b)

primary

c)

candidate

d)

election

7.

Who ran for the governors race?

a)

Ellis Arnall, Melvin Thompson, and Eugene Talmadge

b)

Herman Talmadge, Ellis Arnall, and Melvin Thompson

8.

What governor did not learn from his fathers mistakes, and was like his father in many ways. Who did not want to combine the state as governor he wanted to spend time fighting for schools and public places. And establish a nine month school year.

a)

Ellis Arnall

b)

Benjamin Mays

c)

Herman Talmadge

d)

Eugene Talmadge

9.

What technology helped farmer plant and harvest quicker?

a)

tractor and processors

b)

tractors and mowers

c)

mowers and windrowers

d)

windrowers and wheel rakes

10.

Georgia's agriculture income came from?

a)

pecan and cotton

b)

pecan and peanuts

c)

almonds and peaches

d)

strawberries and peaches

11.

Served six terms as mayor (longest serving mayor). Opened the first ever airport in Atlanta. Called the father of aviation.

a)

Ellis Arnall

b)

Ivan Allen Jr.

c)

William Hartsfield

d)

Manyard Jackson

12.

Atlanta mayor in 1961. On his first day of office he removed "colored" and "white" signs. Made plans to make a south center for professional sports.

a)

Ivan Allen Jr.

b)

Ellis Arnall

c)

William Hartsfield

13.

Which of the following is not one of the following sports that Ivan Allen created?

a)

Atlanta Hawks

b)

Atlanta Falcons

c)

Atlanta United

d)

Atlanta Braves

14.

Governor of Georgia who worked to bring Georgia out of debt and tried and got out of white primary. Called the Lame Duck from the Governors race. And was knocked out of office by Eugene Talmadge but wanted to stay in the governors position.

a)

Ivan Allen Jr.

b)

Eugene Talmadge

c)

Melvin Thompson

d)

Ellis Arnall

15.

What became a center progress to the south?

a)

Kentucky

b)

Nashville

c)

Atlanta

d)

Tampa

16.

What brought money into the state for tourist attractions (for stadiums and jobs) to watch?

a)

Stone Mountain

b)

sports teams

c)

concert to louis armstrong

d)

ticket to the yankees

17.

Who helped Georgia in many ways?

a)

Ivan Allen Jr.

b)

Ellis Arnall

c)

Benjamin Mays

d)

William Hartsfield

18.

After World War two people were in the farming industry but they moved to the -------- industry.

a)

education

b)

construction

c)

fishing

d)

factory

19.

What mayors were very helpful in the Civil Right Movement?

a)

William Hartsfield

b)

Ivan Allen Jr.

20.

What percentile of of Georgia population lived in the piedmont region during this time?

a)

fifty-percent

b)

thirty-percent

c)

eighty-percent

d)

ten-percent

21.

The confederate battle emblem?

a)

eleven states that succeed in the United States

b)

slavery stars

c)

an x with stars

d)

St. Andrew Cross

22.

Who was Eugene Talmadge's lieutenant governor?

a)

William Harsfield

b)

Herman Talmadge

c)

Melvin Thompson

d)

Ellis Arnall

23.

What made Georgia look foolish and created confusion?

a)

industries

b)

1946 Governors Race

c)

white primary

d)

segregation

24.

In the United States African American were thought as

a)

ordinary people

b)

second-class-citzens

c)

slaves

d)

equal

25.

Benjamin Mays was inspired by who?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Mohandas Gandhi

26.

Who was Martin Luther King Jr.'s Mentor?

a)

Mohandas Gandhi

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

Muhammad Ali

d)

Benjamin Mays

27.

Who became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement after leading the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

E.D Nixon

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Jo Ann Robinson

28.

What did King believe about the unfair laws?

a)

violence

b)

protest

c)

nonviolent civil disobedience

d)

that they were unfair

29.

What group did King form to lead anti-discrimination marches and protest within the south?

a)

the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

b)

stop segregation

c)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

d)

Albany Movement

30.

School was a place where ------- -------- --- ----- -------- were separated (segregated).

a)

African American and white children

b)

bathrooms and water fountains

c)

chips ahoy and oreos

d)

books and pencils

31.

Who sued the board of education because the school was segregated?

a)

Oliver Brown

b)

Plessy

c)

Ferguson

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

32.

Who argued that the United States Supreme Court violated the 14th amendment to the constitution?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Benjamin Mays

c)

Oliver Brown

d)

Linda Brown

33.

After schools were forced to segregate by law in 1954 but what state refused to cooperate?

a)

Washington

b)

South Carolina

c)

Alabama

d)

Georgia

34.

What commission was formed by an Atlanta banker, held by a public hearing to see how Georgian's integrations?

a)

Albany Movement

b)

SNCC

c)

UGA Integration

d)

Sibley Commission

35.

What happened in the UGA Integration?

a)

The University of Georgia moved.

b)

Two African American Kids applied several times and didn't get in, so they took there court to case and were treated harshly by the student population.

c)

Four white kids applied serval times and got in to the University of Georgia.

36.

What was the SNCC?

a)

sit in lunch counters and promote voters registration

b)

group of college students helping with the Civil Rights Movement

37.

Where did the Albany Movement take place?

a)

Atlanta, GA

b)

Augusta,GA

c)

Albany, NY

d)

Albany, GA

38.

What was the goal for the Albany Movement?

a)

to end all segregation

b)

to make everyone equal

39.

In 1963 what did Martin Luther King Jr. do in Washington D.C. when he led 250,000 people.

a)

Civil Rights March

b)

Albany Movement

c)

SNCC

d)

Sibley Commission

40.

Who was a governor, that supported prison reform and who also integrated the state patrol and the GBI and who increased spending for Georgia's Universities.

a)

William Hartsfield

b)

Lester Maddox

c)

Manyard Jackson

d)

Andrew Young

41.

Who made history when they were the first African American mayor of Georgia he established the MARTA (Atlanta’s mass transit system) and started running the Hartsfield airport. In 2003 The airports was named after him Hartsfield- ------- international airport.

a)

Andrew Young

b)

Ivan Allen Jr.

c)

Lester Maddox

d)

Maynard Jackson

42.

Who served two successful terms as mayor, who brought the 1988 Democratic Convection to Georgia. He ran for Governor 1990, but he lost to Zell Miller. He also helped in the 1996 Olympics Games in Atlanta.

a)

Andrew Young

b)

Herman Talmadge

c)

Manyard Jackson

d)

Lester Maddox