SSH11 Practice Test

Brown vs. Board of Education addresses the issue of ________

• segregation

• voting rights

• school funding

• affirmative action

The 1956 Georgia State Flag caused controversy for nearly 40 years because it _____

• changed Georgia's state seal

• was not approved by the governor

• bore the Confederate battle flag

• was not flown in front of municipal buildings

Which group was establish in Georgia in 1960 to gather the state residents' feelings regarding desegregation and report the findings to the governor?

• Sibley Commission

• Congress on Racial Equality

• SCLC

• SNCC

The Sibley Commission recommended to Gov. Ernest Vandiver that

• GA's public transportation system should be integrated

• The legislature should make recommendations to address racial issues

• A quota system should be est. to ensure the hiring of black workers

• Local school systems should be allowed to decide if they wanted to integrate

One of MLK Jr.'s roles in the civil rights movement was that he was the president of the ___

• SCLC

• SNCC

• NAACP

• KKK

Which statement best describes why the state flag design changed in 1956

• Because white primary was unconstitutional

• as a reaction to Brown vs. Board of Education

• because most Georgians did not want to remember the Civil War

• to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the end of the Civil War

John Lewis was important to the civil rights movement for all of the following EXCEPT

• chairman of SNCC

• served as president of SCLC

• spoke at the March on Washington

• led the march in Selma, AL

What best decribes MLK Jr.'s role in the civil rights movement?

• being involved with the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court Decision

• Creating the SNCC

• Advising the Sibley Commission on racial issues

• leader of the civil rights movement and advocator of nonviolent protests

What was the purpose of the SNCC during the early years of the civil rights era?

• provide more militant leadership to combat racism

• determine Georgia citizens' feelings about desegregation

• keep white people in political power in the South

• coordinate students around the South in resisting segregation laws

During the civil rights movement, what was SNCC known for. (CHOOSE 2 Answers)

• organizing sit-ins at lunch counters in the South

• confronting known segregationists and threatening them

• organizing violent protests around the South

• being the dominant civil rights organization for young people