Modern Georgia

What was the organization that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr founded?

• SNCC

• NAACP

• SCLC

• BPP

This man was the first African American congressman from Georgia since Reconstruction.

• John Lewis

• Andrew Young

• Bo Callaway

• Benjamin Mays

which president passed civil rights laws to honor the memory of the president that served before him?

• Eisenhower

• Truman

• Kennedy

• Johnson

Which act outlawed literacy tests and other possible violations of the 15th amendment?

• civil rights act of 1964

• 16th amendment

• civil rights act of 1954

• voting rights act of 1965

why did the civil rights act of 1964 need to be passed?

• schools were integrated but they needed a law to stay integrated

• they were slow to integration so it threatened to remove public funding unless the schools and facilities integrated

• jfk needed to pass a law to increase his approval rating

• lyndon johnson wanted to win support for his political party from minorities

where was the city and state where troops were brought in for schools to desegregate?

• montgomery, alabama

• selma, alabama

• albany, georgia

• little rock, arkansas

what is the significance of charlayne hunter and hamilton holmes attending the university of georgia?

• first students to graduate from business school at uga

• they were killed in a riot on campus

• first african american students to enroll at the university

• first students to graduate from medical school at uga

what does sncc stand for?

• student nuance coordinating corps

• student nonviolent coordinating committee

• segregational nation coordinating committee

• segregation national committee corps

this president worked on creating a civil rights bill but was not alive when it passed.

• eisenhower

• truman

• kennedy

• johnson

which president brought in the first 101 airborne division to make sure schools would integreate

• eisenhower

• truman

• kennedy

• johnson