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Unit Four: Modern Georgia
Test Description: Test over Georgia History since 1945
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What BEST characterizes the findings of the Sibley Commission?
A
Most Georgians favored integrating all public schools.
B
Most Georgians favored closing all public schools to integrating them.
C
Most Georgians favored following federal desegregation plans.
D
Most Georgians thought the state General Assembly should take control of all public schools.
2) Who was initially elected governor in 1946 but died before taking office?
A
Jimmy Carter
B
Eugene Talmadge
C
M.E. Thompson
D
Herman Talmadge
3) Ellis Arnall is considered by many to be the first modern governor of Georgia. Which of the following are important accomplishments of Arnall during his one term as governor?
A
He helped revise the state constitution and repeal the poll tax.
B
He integrated the University of Georgia.
C
He integrated all public schools in Georgia.
D
He changed he state flag.
4) As governor, he created Peoples' Day in 1966 as a monthly event for citizens to voice their concerns directly to the governor.
A
Herman Talmadge
B
Lester Maddox
C
Ellis Arnall
D
Jimmy Carter
5) Before becoming governor of Georgia, what state office did Jimmy Carter hold?
A
State School Superintendent
B
State Commissioner of Agriculture
C
President
D
State Senator
6) Under the county unit system, this group of voters was over-represented. (The system favored them.)
A
immigrant
B
rural
C
African-American
D
urban
7) Lester Maddox first came to national fame and attention when he took what action to stop the integration of his Pickrick Restaurant?
A
He led a white man's march on Washington, DC.
B
He sued the Attorney General of the United States.
C
He burned a copy of the United States Constitution.
D
He threatened black patrons with an axe handle.
8) Which of the following help explain why business and industry was attracted to Atlanta after the Second World War?
A
integrated schools
B
high wages
C
high taxes
D
favorable climate and Atlanta's role as a transportation hub
9) What was the most important political consequence of reapportionment of congressional districts in Georgia?
A
It brought more women, African Americans, and Republicans into the General Assembly.
B
It brought about the election of Jimmy Carter as governor.
C
Republicans lost power.
D
It solidified white Democratic control of the state.
10) In 2003 he took office as the first Republican governor of Georgia to serve since Reconstruction.
A
Roy Barnes
B
Sonny Perdue
C
Bill Gates
D
Lester Maddox
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