WorksheetsModern Georgia
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the organization that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr founded?
SNCC
NAACP
SCLC
BPP
This man was the first African American congressman from Georgia since Reconstruction.
John Lewis
Andrew Young
Bo Callaway
Benjamin Mays
which president passed civil rights laws to honor the memory of the president that served before him?
Eisenhower
Truman
Kennedy
Johnson
Which act outlawed literacy tests and other possible violations of the 15th amendment?
civil rights act of 1964
16th amendment
civil rights act of 1954
voting rights act of 1965
why did the civil rights act of 1964 need to be passed?
schools were integrated but they needed a law to stay integrated
they were slow to integration so it threatened to remove public funding unless the schools and facilities integrated
jfk needed to pass a law to increase his approval rating
lyndon johnson wanted to win support for his political party from minorities
where was the city and state where troops were brought in for schools to desegregate?
montgomery, alabama
selma, alabama
albany, georgia
little rock, arkansas
what is the significance of charlayne hunter and hamilton holmes attending the university of georgia?
first students to graduate from business school at uga
they were killed in a riot on campus
first african american students to enroll at the university
first students to graduate from medical school at uga
what does sncc stand for?
student nuance coordinating corps
student nonviolent coordinating committee
segregational nation coordinating committee
segregation national committee corps
this president worked on creating a civil rights bill but was not alive when it passed.
eisenhower
truman
kennedy
johnson
which president brought in the first 101 airborne division to make sure schools would integreate
eisenhower
truman
kennedy
johnson
which president was responsible for desegregating the military?
eisenhower
truman
kennedy
johnson
what does reapportionment mean?
re drawing voting districts
removing people from office to place in other positions
re electing an entire house of congress
the process of removing the governor from office
three people claimed they were the governor at the same time in 1946. what was the decision the courts made?
make herman talmadge the governor because of write in votes
make the lieutenant governor serve as the governor until a special election could be held
let ellis arnall serve another consecutive term as governor
keep ellis arnall as governor until they could hold another election for governor
who won the lieutenant governor position in 1946?
herman talmadge
melvin thompson
eugene talmadge
ellis g. arnall
who was the first republican congressman from georgia since the reconstruction period?
bo callaway
john lewis
lester maddox
jimmy carter
who was the governor of georgia that could not run for governor in 1946?
ellis g. arnall
eugene talmadge
melvin thompson
herman talmadge
which flag was the state flag of georgia in 1996?
which georgia state flag has symbols of the confederacy on it?
what political party did georgians vote for in STATE elections from the years 1980-2000?
republicans
democrats
what political party did georgians vote for in NATIONAL elections from the years 1980-2000?
republicans
democrats
