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Civil Rights Movement Review GSE

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Landmark Supreme Court case that declared segregation of schools unconstitutional

a)

Brown vs. Board of Education

b)

NAACP vs. Board of Education

c)

Black vs. Board of Education

d)

Linda vs. Board of Education

e)

Brown vs. Bread of Education

2.

First African American mayor of Atlanta (hint: first last)

(a)  

3.

First African American students to attend UGA

a)

Charlayne Hunter

b)

Hamilton Homes

c)

Linda Brown

d)

Lisa Brown

e)

Hamlin Homes

4.

Mayor in Brown vs. BOE and first African American member of the Supreme Court (hint: first last)

(a)  

5.

Benjamin Mayes

a)

Son of former slaves

b)

President of Morehouse college

c)

Met with Mohandas Gandhi

d)

taught Martian Luther King jr.

e)

First African American mayor of Georgia

6.

Created to find out Georgia’s feelings about school integration (hint: two words, starts with s and c)

(a)  

7.

Group of college students who used peaceful protest and sit-ins to work for civil rights

a)

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

b)

Scholar Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

c)

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Conference

d)

Scholar Non-Violent Coordinating Confrence

8.

Governors involved in the 1946 controversy

a)

Herman Talmadge

b)

Melvin Thompson

c)

Ivan Allen Jr.

d)

Andrew Young

9.

The 1956 state flag was disliked by African Americans and progressive wights because:

a)

2/3 of it looked like the Confederate battle flag

b)

It was the confederate battle flag

c)

It contained a motif of a slave

d)

People weren’t offended by it

10.

The 1956 state flag was used until : (hint: use 4 digits)

(a)  

11.

Dr. King thought the protests should be:

a)

Violent

b)

Peaceful

12.

Did MLK jr. have a phd?

a)

Yes

b)

No

13.

Brown vs. Board of Education originated in:

a)

Topeka, Kansas

b)

Kansas City. Kansas

c)

Kansas City, Missouri

d)

Birmingham, Alabama

e)

Little Rock, Arkansas

14.

In Brown v Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall argued that school segregation violated the (a)   amendment

15.

In Brown vs. BOE, the descion was:

a)

unanimous

b)

8-1

c)

7-2

d)

6-3

e)

5-4

16.

The Sibley commission found that __ of Georgians would rather see schools closed then integrated

a)

2/3

b)

1/3

c)

4/5

d)

3/ 5

17.

The SNCC was founded in the year: (a)  

18.

The Albany movement __ successful

a)

Was

b)

Was not

19.

The goal of the Albany movement was:

a)

Total desegregation

b)

Desegregation of schools

c)

Desegregation of transportation

d)

Continued segregation of schools

20.

March on Washington happened in the year (a)   (hint: use 4 digits)