WorksheetsPost World War 2 era
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
Who was elected governor in 1946 that was surrounded to be a scandal?
Ellis Arnall
Eugene Talmadge
Melvin Thompson
Herman Talmadge
What changed schools forever, and was said that there was no such thing as separate but equal that schools needed to combine?
Supreme Court
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
slavery
Why did Georgia change its state flag?
They had a debate because it upset civil rights activist in the state.
Georgia decided lets change it.
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.
Melvin Thompson
Herman Talmadge
Thurgood Marshall
Benjamin Mays
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.
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
white primary
Georgia state flag changing
Only whites allowed to vote in primary elections. Ellis Arnall worked to get rid of this. In 1946 there was no more of this.
white primary
primary
candidate
election
Who ran for the governors race?
Ellis Arnall, Melvin Thompson, and Eugene Talmadge
Herman Talmadge, Ellis Arnall, and Melvin Thompson
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.
Ellis Arnall
Benjamin Mays
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
What technology helped farmer plant and harvest quicker?
tractor and processors
tractors and mowers
mowers and windrowers
windrowers and wheel rakes
Georgia's agriculture income came from?
pecan and cotton
pecan and peanuts
almonds and peaches
strawberries and peaches
Served six terms as mayor (longest serving mayor). Opened the first ever airport in Atlanta. Called the father of aviation.
Ellis Arnall
Ivan Allen Jr.
William Hartsfield
Manyard Jackson
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.
Ivan Allen Jr.
Ellis Arnall
William Hartsfield
Which of the following is not one of the following sports that Ivan Allen created?
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta United
Atlanta Braves
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.
Ivan Allen Jr.
Eugene Talmadge
Melvin Thompson
Ellis Arnall
What became a center progress to the south?
Kentucky
Nashville
Atlanta
Tampa
What brought money into the state for tourist attractions (for stadiums and jobs) to watch?
Stone Mountain
sports teams
concert to louis armstrong
ticket to the yankees
Who helped Georgia in many ways?
Ivan Allen Jr.
Ellis Arnall
Benjamin Mays
William Hartsfield
After World War two people were in the farming industry but they moved to the -------- industry.
education
construction
fishing
factory
What mayors were very helpful in the Civil Right Movement?
William Hartsfield
Ivan Allen Jr.
What percentile of of Georgia population lived in the piedmont region during this time?
fifty-percent
thirty-percent
eighty-percent
ten-percent
The confederate battle emblem?
eleven states that succeed in the United States
slavery stars
an x with stars
St. Andrew Cross
Who was Eugene Talmadge's lieutenant governor?
William Harsfield
Herman Talmadge
Melvin Thompson
Ellis Arnall
What made Georgia look foolish and created confusion?
industries
1946 Governors Race
white primary
segregation
In the United States African American were thought as
ordinary people
second-class-citzens
slaves
equal
Benjamin Mays was inspired by who?
Harriet Tubman
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Mohandas Gandhi
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.'s Mentor?
Mohandas Gandhi
Nelson Mandela
Muhammad Ali
Benjamin Mays
Who became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement after leading the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Martin Luther King Jr.
E.D Nixon
Rosa Parks
Jo Ann Robinson
What did King believe about the unfair laws?
violence
protest
nonviolent civil disobedience
that they were unfair
What group did King form to lead anti-discrimination marches and protest within the south?
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
stop segregation
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Albany Movement
School was a place where ------- -------- --- ----- -------- were separated (segregated).
African American and white children
bathrooms and water fountains
chips ahoy and oreos
books and pencils
Who sued the board of education because the school was segregated?
Oliver Brown
Plessy
Ferguson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who argued that the United States Supreme Court violated the 14th amendment to the constitution?
Thurgood Marshall
Benjamin Mays
Oliver Brown
Linda Brown
After schools were forced to segregate by law in 1954 but what state refused to cooperate?
Washington
South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
What commission was formed by an Atlanta banker, held by a public hearing to see how Georgian's integrations?
Albany Movement
SNCC
UGA Integration
Sibley Commission
What happened in the UGA Integration?
The University of Georgia moved.
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.
Four white kids applied serval times and got in to the University of Georgia.
What was the SNCC?
sit in lunch counters and promote voters registration
group of college students helping with the Civil Rights Movement
Where did the Albany Movement take place?
Atlanta, GA
Augusta,GA
Albany, NY
Albany, GA
What was the goal for the Albany Movement?
to end all segregation
to make everyone equal
In 1963 what did Martin Luther King Jr. do in Washington D.C. when he led 250,000 people.
Civil Rights March
Albany Movement
SNCC
Sibley Commission
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.
William Hartsfield
Lester Maddox
Manyard Jackson
Andrew Young
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.
Andrew Young
Ivan Allen Jr.
Lester Maddox
Maynard Jackson
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.
Andrew Young
Herman Talmadge
Manyard Jackson
Lester Maddox
