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Modern Georgia II
Test Description: Georgia since 1954
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
Blacks should attend white schools if seats in classrooms were available.
B
Schools should be segregated.
C
Black schools should get more money to catch up to white schools.
D
The separate but equal policy was unconstitutional.
2) Martin Luther King, Jr. attended what Atlanta University?
A
Yale University
B
Morehouse College
C
Georgia Tech
D
University of Georgia
3) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. favored bringing about social change through
A
armed takeover of the government.
B
nonviolence
C
warfare.
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 in a new state flag in 1956?
A
It was to encourage the Olympics to come to Atlanta.
B
It was because it was a favorite symbol of the governor.
C
It was added because a majority of Georgia voters chose it.
D
It was a symbol of southern white resistance to change following the Brown decision.
5) What Civil Rights organization involved young people in nonviolent protest like the sit-ins that gave birth to this group in 1960?
A
SCLC
B
NCAA
C
SNCC
D
NAACP
6) The Sibley Commission is most correctly associated with
A
school desegregation
B
March on Washington
C
the Montgomery Bus Boycott
D
voting rights
7) What BEST characterizes the findings of the Sibley Commission?
A
Most Georgians thought the state General Assembly should take control of 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 favored integrating all public schools.
8) Who was the first black mayor of Atlanta?
A
Jimmy Carter
B
Maynard Jackson
C
Ivan Allen, Jr.
D
Andrew Young
9) As mayor of Atlanta, he expanded the airport and changed hiring practices to increase the number of black contractors awarded bids from the city.
A
Jesse Jackson
B
Andrew Young
C
Ivan Allen, Jr.
D
Maynard Jackson
10) Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his “I Have a Dream Speech?”
A
Washington, DC
B
Mershon, GA
C
Atlanta, GA
D
Albany, GA
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