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WorksheetsGAS SS8H11: Unit 11 Study Guide
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Thurgood Marshall:
Was a student in Linda Brown's class
Led the March on Washington
Was the sheriff of Albany during the Albany Movement
Argued the Brown v. Board of Education case in front of the Supreme Court
Which court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?
Miranda v. Arizona
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Marbury v. Madison
What did many people believe the 1956 Georgia State flag was in response to?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The old flag was ugly
Georgia's resistance to the federal government's integration laws
The Pro-black National Party
The Sibly Commision:
Printed signs to boycott desegregation
Helped transition African American students into white schools
Held sit ins at local stores to boycott segregation
held public hearings to see how Georgians felt about the integration
The Sibly Commision found that:
Waldo was hiding by the jeep in the beach scene
Georgia was ready to desgregate
Schools wanted to individually choose how they handled segregation
2 out of 3 Georgians would rather see schools close than integrated
What was the Civil Rights Movement?
Civil lawyers voted to move the courts to cities
African Americans fought against racial descrimination and segregation
Whites fought to preserve segregation
Hispanic voters faught for their right to vote
Martin Luther King Jr.:
Was a student of Benjamin Mays
Was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Led the MArch on Washington
All of the Above
Led Anti-discrimination marches and protests throughout the South:
The Bourbon Class
The Board of Education
Souther Christian Leadership Conference
Ku Klux Klan
A group of college students wh held sit-ins at segregated restaurants along with promoted voter registration"
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Children of MLK Together
ALL Civil Rights Acitivists Unite
Tuskeegee Coalition
Which movement lasted from the fall of 1961 to the Summer of 1962 and whose goal was to end all types of segregation in Albany, GA?
Free Culture Movement
Albany Movement
Black Lives Matter
Cooperative Movement
What did Martin Luther King Jr. believe was the cause of failure for the Albany Movement?
The government welcomed the protesters
There was not enough support
There were too many groups trying to do too many protests
Many groups got the days mixed up
The Civil Rights Act of 1964:
Was a law that banned the use of civil lawyers in a court room
Was a law that banned Civil Rights protests in Washington D.C.
Was a play performed on Broadway about Martin Luther King Jr.
Was a law that banned discrimination against any American because of race/color/religion.
As governor of Georgia, Lester Maddox did surprising things including:
Hiring more African Americans into office than any other governor before him
Integrated the Georgia State Patrol
Supported Prison Reform
All of the Above
How did Georgia react to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?
By changing the state flag
By closing its public schools
By desegregating as quickly as possible
By using the national guard to keep African American students out of white only schools
The Governor of Georgia ordered the Sibley commission to find out how Georgians wanted to handle desegregating public schools. What did the commission find out?
That 60% of Georgians wanted to close public school rather than integrate.
That 70% of Georgians wanted to desegregate as quickly as possible
That Georgians were divided 50-50 about desegregating
That only 10% of Georgians had strong feeling about refusing the integrate schools
Leader of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, leader of the Selma March, current U.S. Representative from Georgia
John Lewis
Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr.
Maynard Jackson
Andrew Young
Why did Lester Maddox protest and resist the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
He would be forced to integrate his restaurant, the Pick Rick
He did not protest
He used it to gain popularity so that he could be governor
He wanted to keep African Americans from getting jobs with the government
1. Which of these is NOT true about John Lewis?
He once served as Georgia’s governor.
He’s now a congressman representing Atlanta, GA in Washington DC.
He was arrested 40 times during the CRM.
He marched with Dr. King in the 1960s.
Integration means…
to organize a movement
to blend different ethnic groups together
to treat people differently based on gender
to separate people according to race
What method of protest did Gandhi use that inspired Martin Luther King, Jr?
To use intimidation to achieve a goal
To be patient and to wait for change to come
To use only non-violent methods to achieve a goal
To use any method necessary to achieve a goal
