WorksheetsCivil Rights (and GA history!) Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which US president supported the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
John F. Kennedy
John Lewis
Lester Maddox
Who was the main civil rights leader that pushed nonviolent protests and won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Lester Maddox
John Lewis
John F. Kennedy
Which civil rights leader was a leader of the SNCC and attacked on "Bloody Sunday"?
Sibley Commission
Lester Maddox
John Lewis
John F. Kennedy
Governor of Georgia that closed his restaurant rather than serve African Americans but later hired many for government jobs
Eugene Talmadge
Henry Grady
William Hartsfield
Lester Maddox
What were the hearings held in Georgia called to determine whether Georgians wanted to integrate schools?
Sibley Commission
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Rights movement
Lend Lease Act
Why did Georgia change the state flag in 1956?
To show anger over the Brown v Board of Ed. decision and maintain white supremacy
Because the other flag did not have the state motto on it
To show support for integration of schools
Because the 60% of people were in favor of the civil rights movement
Brown v. The Board of Education said that segregation was constitutional.
True
False
The Albany Movement was an event led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the state capitol to promote Civil Rights legislation.
True
False
The civil rights group, the SCLC, sponsored many violent protests during the Civil War.
True
False
The Sibley Commission said the state should integrate schools on a limited basis.
True
False
The March on Washington was planned to bring attention to all of these EXCEPT
voting rights for white men
integrated schools
fair and equal employment
equal opportunities for people of all races
Which statement is NOT true about the Albany Movement?
Dr. King was arrested.
Dr. King considered it successful because Albany desegregated.
Many blacks were arrested for peacefully protesting.
One goal of the protest was desegragation of schools.
What happened as a result of the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. the Board of Education?
The schools integrated immediately.
The Sibley Commission formed.
The Georgia General Assembly vowed to comply without resistance.
The SCLC formed
Which civil rights protest had 250,000 people listen to MLKJr. give his famous, "I have a dream" speech?
March to the Sea
March on Washington
March on Selma
Albany Movement
Which landmark court case ruled that segregation in schools was unconstitutional?
Plessy v Ferguson
Worcester v Georgia
Leo Frank Case
Brown v Board of Education
Which law made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, or national origin?
The Civil Rights Act
The Jim Crow Laws
The Sibley Commission
The New Deal
What was the purpose of the Sibley Commission?
To change the flag to include the Confederate battle flag
To march for civil rights
To see how citizens of Georgia felt about integration of schools
To meet the ruling with "massive resistance"
Which does NOT describe John Lewis?
civil rights leader (SNCC)
congressman in the House of Representatives
closed his restaurant rather than serve food to black people
beaten in Selma, Alabama for leading a nonviolent march
Which group of people would have been most likely to support Lester Maddox?
women
white men
civil rights actiivists
African Americans
What was a major effect as a result of the March on Washington?
The Sibley Commission formed
John F. Kennedy won the election
MLKJr. was assassinated
It led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
These early Georgia settlers were invited because of they were skilled fighters?
Malcontents
Highland Scots
Salzburgers
Jews
In which hemispheres is Georgia located (pick 2)?
Northern
Eastern
Western
Southern
Which Supreme Court case ruled that the Cherokee did not have to follow Georiga laws?
Dred Scott Case
Worcester v Georgia
Plessy v Ferguson
Brown v BOE
What was established to help poor whites and freed slaves recover after the Civil War?
The Freedman's Bureau
the Ku Klux Klan
The Black Codes
The Jim Crow laws
Which people from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? (choose 3!)
George Walton
Andrew Jackson
Lyman Hall
John Marshall
Button Gwinnett
Disenfranchisement deprived African Americans the right to vote. How did this get enforced? (choose 3)
Grandfather clause
Race Riots
Poll taxes
Literacy tests
Planned protests
Who were the Bourbon Trimverate?
Group of three politicians that supported white supremacy and industrialization
The three signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia
The leaders of the Populist party
The leaders of the Civil Rights Movement in Georgia
Which Civil Rights leader thought it was better for blacks to accommodate racists whites or move to the north?
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Alonzo Herndon
Leo Frank
In which region of the US is Georgia located ?
Southwest
Northeast
Southeast
Northwest
Georgia's contributions to WWI included... (choose 3)
Victory Gardens
100,00 soldiers
textiles
concentration camps
military prisons
