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GAS SS8H11: Unit 11 Study Guide

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Thurgood Marshall:

a)

Was a student in Linda Brown's class

b)

Led the March on Washington

c)

Was the sheriff of Albany during the Albany Movement

d)

Argued the Brown v. Board of Education case in front of the Supreme Court

2.

Which court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

Marbury v. Madison

3.

What did many people believe the 1956 Georgia State flag was in response to?

a)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

The old flag was ugly

c)

Georgia's resistance to the federal government's integration laws

d)

The Pro-black National Party

4.

The Sibly Commision:

a)

Printed signs to boycott desegregation

b)

Helped transition African American students into white schools

c)

Held sit ins at local stores to boycott segregation

d)

held public hearings to see how Georgians felt about the integration

5.

The Sibly Commision found that:

a)

Waldo was hiding by the jeep in the beach scene

b)

Georgia was ready to desgregate

c)

Schools wanted to individually choose how they handled segregation

d)

2 out of 3 Georgians would rather see schools close than integrated

6.

What was the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

Civil lawyers voted to move the courts to cities

b)

African Americans fought against racial descrimination and segregation

c)

Whites fought to preserve segregation

d)

Hispanic voters faught for their right to vote

7.

Martin Luther King Jr.:

a)

Was a student of Benjamin Mays

b)

Was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement

c)

Led the MArch on Washington

d)

All of the Above

8.

Led Anti-discrimination marches and protests throughout the South:

a)

The Bourbon Class

b)

The Board of Education

c)

Souther Christian Leadership Conference

d)

Ku Klux Klan

9.

A group of college students wh held sit-ins at segregated restaurants along with promoted voter registration"

a)

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

b)

Children of MLK Together

c)

ALL Civil Rights Acitivists Unite

d)

Tuskeegee Coalition

10.

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?

a)

Free Culture Movement

b)

Albany Movement

c)

Black Lives Matter

d)

Cooperative Movement

11.

What did Martin Luther King Jr. believe was the cause of failure for the Albany Movement?

a)

The government welcomed the protesters

b)

There was not enough support

c)

There were too many groups trying to do too many protests

d)

Many groups got the days mixed up

12.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964:

a)

Was a law that banned the use of civil lawyers in a court room

b)

Was a law that banned Civil Rights protests in Washington D.C.

c)

Was a play performed on Broadway about Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Was a law that banned discrimination against any American because of race/color/religion.

13.

As governor of Georgia, Lester Maddox did surprising things including:

a)

Hiring more African Americans into office than any other governor before him

b)

Integrated the Georgia State Patrol

c)

Supported Prison Reform

d)

All of the Above

14.
This Civil Rights desegregation campaign began in southwest Georgia in the fall of 1961 and was led by Martin Luther King, Jr., the SNCC, and the NAACP.
a)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
b)
March on Selma Bridge
c)
March on Washington
d)
Albany Movement
15.

How did Georgia react to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?

a)

By changing the state flag

b)

By closing its public schools

c)

By desegregating as quickly as possible

d)

By using the national guard to keep African American students out of white only schools

16.

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?

a)

That 60% of Georgians wanted to close public school rather than integrate.

b)

That 70% of Georgians wanted to desegregate as quickly as possible

c)

That Georgians were divided 50-50 about desegregating

d)

That only 10% of Georgians had strong feeling about refusing the integrate schools

17.

Leader of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, leader of the Selma March, current U.S. Representative from Georgia

a)

John Lewis

b)

Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Maynard Jackson

d)

Andrew Young

18.

Why did Lester Maddox protest and resist the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a)

He would be forced to integrate his restaurant, the Pick Rick

b)

He did not protest

c)

He used it to gain popularity so that he could be governor

d)

He wanted to keep African Americans from getting jobs with the government

19.

1. Which of these is NOT true about John Lewis?

a)

He once served as Georgia’s governor.

b)

He’s now a congressman representing Atlanta, GA in Washington DC.

c)

He was arrested 40 times during the CRM.

d)

He marched with Dr. King in the 1960s.

20.

Integration means…

a)

to organize a movement

b)

to blend different ethnic groups together

c)

to treat people differently based on gender

d)

to separate people according to race

21.

What method of protest did Gandhi use that inspired Martin Luther King, Jr?

a)

To use intimidation to achieve a goal

b)

To be patient and to wait for change to come

c)

To use only non-violent methods to achieve a goal

d)

To use any method necessary to achieve a goal