WorksheetsModern Georgia Interim Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which of the following are reasons Georgians moved from rural areas into urban areas? (Choose THREE)
Destruction of the cotton crops by the boll weevil
Improvements in farm equipment
All big cities in Georgia now had sports teams.
During World War II, work could be found in the cities making bombers and ships for the war.
During World War II, more food was needed to feed the soldiers.
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
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.
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
Maynard Jackson
Andrew Young
Christopher Brian Bridges
Martin Luther King Jr.
· Naval Academy graduate
· former Governor of a southern state
· 39th President of the United States
· 2002 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
The person described here is
Jimmy Carter.
Bill Clinton.
Ronald Reagan.
Dwight Eisenhower.
First and only Georgian to be elected President.
Sonny Perdue
Andrew Young
Jimmy Carter
Maynard Jackson
·The Camp David Accords, 1978
·The Panama Canal Treaty, 1978
·The Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty, 1979
·The Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT II), 1979
Which U.S. president was responsible for each of these diplomatic and foreign policy developments of the late 70's?
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
After his Presidency, the man in this picture created an organization in 1982 whose mission is to "wage peace" in the world. The man in this picture is
George Bush.
Jimmy Carter.
Richard Nixon.
Ronald Reagan.
Jimmy Carter favored integration and Civil Rights:
True
False
How did the city of Atlanta benefit from the 1996 Olympics BEFORE the games even started?
Infrastructure was improved before the Olympics came
Businesses moved away from Atlanta to avoid traffic.
Schools were renovated
People living in poor areas of Atlanta were relocated for free
How did the 1996 Olympic games change the population of Atlanta and Georgia in general?
Georgia's population increased and Atlanta became a more diverse city
Georgia's population decreased and Atlanta became a more diverse city
Georgia's population increased, but Atlanta remained a largely white and black population
Georgia's population decreased and Atlanta remained a more divided white and black population
North Georgia's immigrant population consist mostly of
Which economic activities are MOST dependent on Georgia's climate?
lumber and mining
imports and exports
agriculture and tourism
transportation and telecommunications
What is the name of the current project working to expand Savannah's deep water port?
Film Tax Incentives
Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP)
1996 Olympics
Building of Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Tax breaks and other economic incentives
Savannah College of Arts and Design (SCAD)
Tyler Perry"The Walking Dead"
All of these could BEST be used in a report to discuss which of these topics?
The Georgia Legislature
The Film Industry in Georgia
The Expansion of Georgia Ports
Important Issues in Georgia LIterature
In the early 1970's, the United States was experiencing a period of great national turmoil. In the midst of the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, President Ford's pardon of President Nixon, etc., Americans began to look for solutions to their problems from outside of Washington, D.C. What was the result of this sense of turmoil?
What is the major benefit to expanding the Savannah Harbor?
Larger ships can dock there, which means more income and jobs
More tourist will come to Savannah to see the larger ships come in
Larger ships means that there will be less boat traffic on the Savannah River
The deeper river will be safer for marine animals
Modern Georgia's most important agricultural industry is
Communities like Stone Mountain, Tybee Island, Kennesaw, Blue Ridge, and Atlanta all depend on visitors to support which industry?
Tourism industry
Agriculture industry
Film industry
Shipping industry
Why has the film industry been attracted to filming in Georgia? Choose 2.
Georgia has many types of filming sites (large cities, small towns, rural farms, mountains, beaches, etc.)
Georgia gives film companies tax incentives/tax breaks to film here
Locations like New York and Los Angeles are to difficult to travel through
Georgia has become a home for several big movie stars and they want to work closer to home
What are THREE reasons film makers are attracted to Georgia to film?
Financial incentives, diverse filming locations, production resources
Climate = Year round filming
Big airport in and out of the state
The majority of actors and actresses live in Georgia
