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Which president was a proponent of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
a) Lyndon B. Johnson
b) Franklin Roosevelt
c) Dwight D. Eisenhower
d) Richard Nixon

According to the Civil Rights Act of 1964:
a) discrimination in hiring was illegal
b) African-American women could vote
c) schools no longer had to integrate
d) John Lewis won the Nobel Peace Prize

Dixiecrats were comprised of:
a) Southern Democrats who disagreed with the Civil Rights Act of 1964
b) Northern Republicans who migrated to the South
c) former members of the Populist Party
d) business owners who supported integration

Although Lester Maddox supported segregation:
a) he eventually became governor of Georgia
b) he was a member of SNCC
c) he wrote several speeches for Martin Luther King, Jr.
d) his wife was an African-American

How did Richard Russell handle integration as governor?
a) He resisted integration.
b) He was a strong proponent of integration.
c) ###
d) ####

What happened in Georgia schools in 1971?
a) They were fully integrated.
b) They were allowed to segregate students based on race.
c) Boys and girls could finally attend the same schools.
d) ####

Atlanta was the first major city in the South to:
a) have an African-American mayor
b) have a Hispanic mayor
c) have a female mayor
d) ####

Lester Maddox became governor of Georgia after running on:
a) a platform of segregation
b) a platform of integration
c) ###
d) ####

After passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964:
a) many white supremacists were unhappy
b) Georgia's state government was overtaken by the federal government
c) Lester Maddox was removed from office
d) ####

During the civil rights movement, William Hartsfield and Ivan Allen, Jr.:
a) wanted to keep Atlanta peaceful
b) promoted segregation in Atlanta
c) arrested dozens of civil rights leaders
d) ####

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