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Test Description: Georgia from 1940-1970
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1) What was probably the most important issue in Georgia politics between the years 1946-1968?
A
race relations
B
18 year old citizens could vote
C
prison reform
D
juvenile system reform
2) What was an important factor of the 1946 governor's race to the civil Rights Movement?
A
James Carmichael lost the primary because of the county unit system.
B
Republicans won governorship.
C
Eugene Talmadge died before sworn into office.
D
Mickey Mouse became new governor.
3) Which events showed GA's resistance to integration?
A
Gov.Herman Talmadge spoke against Brown v. Board of Education
B
General Assembly changed the state flag to Conf. Battle flag.
C
Both A and C
D
Gov. Talmadge stood in doorway of Decatur High School and said no blacks could enter.
4) Who spoke out against segregation in the 1940s, was Pres. of Morehouse College, and mentor to MLK?
A
Benjamin Mays
B
Hamlton Holmes
C
Thurgood Marshall
D
John Lewis
5) Brown v. Board of Educ. decision stated
A
that separate but equal should be a state choice
B
upheld Plessy v. Ferguson
C
allowed states to segregate students legally
D
that separate is inherently unequal and segregation of schoold was unconstitutional
6) How did the General Assembly show opposition to desegration?
A
Nullified the Brown v. Board of Education decision
B
All of the above.
C
Changed the state flag to Confederate battle flag
D
Closed schools instead of integrating them
7) What was commissioned in 1960 to decide what to do about integration in Georgia?
A
the Brown Commission
B
The Gang of Four Commission
C
The Sibley Commission
D
The Talmadge Commission
8) What was the commission's decision?
A
Georgia should refuse federal money for education and keep the schools segregated
B
All schools must integrate by 1965
C
All Georgia public schools should close
D
each school district should decide to integrate or close
9) For his efforts in the Civil rights Movement he was given the Nobel Peach Prize and later assassinated.
A
John Wilkes Booth
B
Jimmy Carter
C
Martin Luther King, Jr.
D
Atticus Haygood
10) What was the SNCC?
A
organization of college students who adopted MLK's non-violent approach to change
B
organization of black preachers who supported MLK
C
organization of young black men who fought desegreation in Georgia
D
the first boy band of the 1960s
11) What was the Albany Movement?
A
It was an effort to desegregate bus and train stations.
B
Both A and B
C
Members of the SNCC went to Albany to help the NCAAP with protests
D
It was an example of the civil rights movement in New York
12) Which is not true about Lester Maddox?
A
He appointed more blacks to office than all previous governors.
B
He was reelected as governor in 1970.
C
He was the last segregationists governor in GA
D
He integrated the GA State Patrol
13) The following were important events that showed success of Civil Rights movement except:
A
Maynard Jackson was first black mayor of major U.S, city
B
Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed
C
Hamilton Holmes was elected governor
D
Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were first blacks admitted to UGA
14) Andrew Young had a great impact on the state of GA because
A
All of the above
B
he was a very successful mayor bringing international business to the city
C
he was instrumental in bringing the Olympics to Atlanta in 1996
D
he was the first black congressman from GA in the 20th c.
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