Unit 9 Study Guide

Who is being described in the list below? 41b ●Leader of the civil rights movement ●Believed in non-violence ●Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize ●Gave “I Have a Dream Speech”

• Lester Maddox

• Ellis Arnal

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• John Lewis

What is the PRIMARY method the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) used to voice their opinions? 41b

• nonviolent protest

• through elections

• influencing representatives

• using violence

Which law outlawed discrimination based on color, race, or religion in public places and was in response to the March on Washington? 41c

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Civil Equality Act

• Civil Rights Act

• Plessy v Ferguson

What was the court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education? 41a

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

• The court ruled segregation could be determined by each individual state depending on each state's interpretation of the state's constitution.

• The court ruled that “separate” was unequal based on the 14th amendment’s equal protection clause.

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

What was the STATED purpose of the Sibley Commission? 41a

• To determine the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

• To determine if John Sibley should win the Governor's Race over Earnest Vandiver.

• To determine public opinion on desegregating public schools.

• To create a flag to represent the opinion of the Georgia citizens concerning civil rights.

Why did Georgia change its flag in 1956? 41a

• To show resistance to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v Board of Education

• To express anger over the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1965

• To memorialize the battle for civil rights in Georgia for future generations

• To rally support for integration of all public schools in the state of Georgia

Who fought for civil rights, was a leader of SNCC, and became a US Congressman representing Atlanta? 41b

• Lester Maddox

• John Lewis

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• John Sibley

Who refused to comply with the Civil Rights Act by maintaining a segregated restaurant and would later become Georgia’s last segregationist governor? 41c

• Eugene Talmadge

• Joseph Brown

• Ellis Arnal

• Lester Maddox

Which group was led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Southern religious leaders that helped to organize nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights Movement? 41b

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• Civil Rights Movement (CRM)

After World War II, how did new agricultural technologies affect population change in Georgia? 40a

• People migrated from cities to rural areas.

• People migrated from rural areas to urban areas.

• People migrated from western Georgia to eastern Georgia.

• People migrated from eastern Georgia to western Georgia.