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WorksheetsUnit 9 & 10 Benchmark Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What Civil Right organization was a student led group that specialized in sit-ins?
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Student Non-Violent Coordination Committee (SNCC)
Which is NOT an example of Georgia's response to the Brown v. Board of Education decision of the US Supreme Court?
The governor pledged to integrate the state's schools
The General Assembly voted to cut off state funds to any schools that desegregated
The Sibley Commission traveled throughout the state encouraging the peaceful desegregation of schools
What was the purpose of the Sibley Commission?
Integrating Georgia's public transportation system
Making proposals to the legislature to address racial issues
Establishing a quota system to ensure the hiring of Black workers
To ask local school systems if they wanted integration.
Which African American group was involved with the Albany Movement?
CORE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Montgomery Improvement Association
SNCC
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech is associated with the
Montgomery bus boycott
March on Washington, D.C.
"Letter from the Birmingham Jail"
Eulogy given at teh funeral of Martin Luther King, Sr.
The March on Washington was intended to
Support the passage of a Civil Rights Act of 1964
Extend the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Integrate the Washington, D.C. public schools
Honor the memory of slain civil rights workers
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
It named Black principals at previously all-white schools
It gave more state tax money to schools that did not integrate
Ended segregation of all public facilities and ended discrimination in the workplace
It provided armed escorts for students wanting to attend white schools
Who promoted the following improvements for the city? First African American Mayor of Atlanta, he increased programs for the arts, and he addressed the need to expand the airport.
Ivan Allen Jr.
Maynard Jackson
Sam Massell
Andrew Young
What was the most unexpected thing Lester Maddox did as governor of Georgia?
Started the lottery and HOPE scholarship
Decreased funding to public schools and the arts
Changed the state flag to remove the Confederate symbols
Appointed more African Americans to state boards than all prior governors combined
What event was the MOST significant in Andrew Young's political career?
He was involved in the stock market after he left the ministry
He was the youngest African American Governor to be elected in Georgia
He was the first African American to graduate from the University of Georgia
He was the first African American since Reconstruction to be elected to the House of Representatives from Georgia
What was the outcome of Brown v. Board of Education in Georgia?
Allowed segregation to continue in Georgia until the Civil Rights Act
Brown v. Board of Education did not impact Georgians
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (separate but equal)
All of the Above
The following accomplishments occurred under which president whom was from Georgia: Camp David Middle East Peace Accords, Ratification of the Panama Canal Treaties, Established diplomatic relations with China.
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Which statement describes the benefit Georgia received from hosting the 1996 Olympics?
Georgia received international media attention and recognition for the state and host city, Atlanta, which led to tourism and international business expansion
Georgia received world-class athletic facilities throughout the state for use by its own citizens and visitors to the state
Georgia's convention and meeting facilities, roads, and cities were showcased
All of the Above
What was one of the reasons for controversy surrounding Georgia keeping the state flag of 1956?
It was easy for the school children to draw
It was in response to Brown v. Board of Education
It was opposed by a minority of rural Georgians
It was similar to the flags of other southern states
Why did the Albany Movement fail?
The Albany Movement did not fail; it was very successful
The Albany Movement desegregated buses and hotels
The Albany Movement tried to desegregate too many things at once.
The Albany Movement failed because no one famous would help with the movement.
