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Modern Georgia: Civil Rights
Test Description: A few review questions from Georgia Studies.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What BEST describes the ruling of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education?
A
Public schools should be segregated.
B
Public schools should be desegregated.
C
Public schools should be governed only by the states.
D
Public schools should be closed.
2) The pressure put on by King's March on Washington forced Congress into the passage of this law that put the full weight of the federal government behind ending segregation.
A
Fourteenth Amendment
B
Equal Rights Amendment
C
Civil Rights Act of 1964
D
Affordable Care Act
3) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. favored bringing about social change through
A
armed takeover of the government.
B
warfare.
C
nonviolent protest
D
infiltrating the two major political parties and winning elections.
4) Why was the St. Andrew's Cross, also known as the stars and bars of the Confederacy, incorporated into a new state flag in 1956?
A
It was a symbol of southern white resistance to change following the Brown decision.
B
It was because it was a favorite symbol of the governor.
C
it was to help encourage the Olympics to come to Atlanta.
D
It was added because a majority of Georgia voters chose it.
5) What Civil Rights organization involved young people in nonviolent protests like the sit-ins that gave birth to this group in 1960?
A
SCLC
B
NCAA
C
NAACP
D
SNCC
6) The Sibley Commission is most correctly associated with
A
school desegregation
B
the Montgomery Bus Boycott
C
the Olympics
D
the lunch counter sit-ins
7) The first nonviolent protest led by Martin Luther King, Jr. were in this city.
A
Albany, GA
B
Atlanta, GA
C
Montgomery, AL
D
Memphis, TN
8) In January of 1961, Charlayne Hunter an Hamilton Holmes became Civil Rights heroes when they did what?
A
They were killed during the Albany Movement protests.
B
They were the first African Americans elected to Congress from Georgia.
C
They were the first African American students admitted to the University of Georgia.
D
The were the first legal interracial marriage in Georgia.
9) This system of disfranchisement lasted until 1946 and it kept African Americans from voting in the Democratic primary in Georgia.
A
white primary
B
Jim Crow
C
literacy test
D
grandfather clause
10) Which of the following BEST explains why the Albany Movement ultimately failed to achieve its goals?
A
King was not involved in planning the Albany Movement.
B
King and the organizers attempted to do to much at one time.
C
The protesters were met with violent opposition from Albany city police and the National Guard.
D
The president sent troops to break the strikes.
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