Civil Rights Movement

Which best describes the Civil Rights Movement?

• The Civil Rights Movement was a call for modernization and industrialization of society.

• The Civil Rights Movement was a period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.

• The Civil Rights Movement was an effort to gain equal rights and end segregation.

• The Civil Rights Movement was an effort to colonize Georgia for gold, god, and glory.

What was the court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

• The court ruled all public locations could remain separate as long as they were equal.

• The court ruled segregation in schools violated the 14th amendment.

• The court ruled segregation could be determined by each individual state depending on their constitution.

• The court ruled that if schools wished to be integrated they must become a private school.

What is the most likely reason Georgia changed its flag in 1956?

• To raise support for integration of public schools

• To remember the battle fought for civil rights

• To express anger over the passing of the Civil Rights Act

• To show opposition to Brown v Board of Education.

As the leader of SNCC ________ participated in sit-ins, marches, and freedom rides.

• Booker T. Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John Lewis

• Lester Maddox

Which statement about the findings of the Sibley Commission is correct?

• Roughly 60 percent of Georgians supported following federal demands to integrate.

• Roughly 40 percent of Georgians supported following federal demands to integrate.

• Roughly 60 percent of Georgians supported closing public schools rather than integrating.

• Roughly 40 percent of Georgians supported closing public schools rather than integrating.

What was the original purpose of the Sibley Commission?

• to watch the desegregation of Georgia's public schools

• to enforce the segregation of public schools in Georgia

• to research if it was legal to keep Georgia's schools segregated

• to determine public opinion in Georgia about desegregating schools

In 1956, what was added to the Georgia state flag?

• The Confederate battle flag; "stars and bars"

• 2 red stripes and 1 white stripe

• A blue field with past Georgia flags under the state seal

• "In God We Trust"

Many in the Civil Rights Movement looked to ________ the leader of the SCLC, who used nonviolent protests which were inspirted by Mahatma Ghandi.

• Booker T. Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John Lewis

• Lester Maddox

Which BEST describes the majority of members in the group SNCC?

• Adults and Church leaders

• College and High School age students

• Northern White Adults

• International Visitors

Who was the last outwardly racist governor who refused to fly the flag at half mast for the death of Martin Luther King, Jr and refused to desegregate his restaurant? 

• Alfred Colquitt

• Eugene Talmadge

• Lester Maddox

• John Sibley