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