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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich does NOT describe Benjamin Mays?Chairman of the Board of EducationMentor to Martin Luther King JrGovernor of GeorgiaPresident of Morehouse college
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the white primary?The type of paint you use before adding a top coat of colorThe rule that only whites could vote in the primary electionsThe rule that only blacks could vote in the secondary electionsThe rule that kept underaged people from voting in primary elcetions
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the main controversy in the 1946 Governor's race in Georgia?Ellis Arnall was impeached because of his views on segregationHerman Talmadge and Eugene Talmadge were father and son and couldn't run on the same ballot.Eugene Talmadge died before he could take office and two men claimed they were the rightful governorTalmadge did not win the popular vote
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat caused Herman Talmadge to eventually win the Governor's office in 1950?His promise to lower taxesThe sacrifices he made as a soldier in WWIIHis involvement in public school improvment.His views on segregation
- 5. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Herman Talmadge made changes as governor to allocate tax money to help public school systems.TrueFalse
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the ruling in the Brown V. BOE case?Separate but equal was OK but not in schoolsSeparate but equal was unconstitutionalBuses should not be segregatedAll schools should be segregated
- 7. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Martin Luther King Jr. urged his followers to react with violence when they were physically attacked.True: He supported Violent ProtestsFalse: He supported Non-Violent Protests
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhere did the first sit-in occur?Albany, GABirmingham, ALGreensboro, NCCharleston, SC
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWho was the first president of the SNCC?John LewisH. Rap BrownMaynard JacksonMartin Luther King Jr
- 10. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Georgia initially did not support the Brown V BOE decision.TrueFalse
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the purpose of the Sibley Commission?Help blacks secure jobsHelp blacks and whites to meet civilly to discuss issuesTo stop the protests in GeorgiaTo solve the problems with desegregating Georgia schools
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWho was the governor of Georgia when UGA desegregated and allowed the first black students?Nathan DealJohn F. KennedyErnest VandiverMartin Luther King Jr.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the event where MLK Jr gave his "I Have A Dream" speech?The March on Atlanta, GATHe Montgomery Bus BoycottThe Albany MovementThe March on Washington, D.C.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the purpose of the March on Washington?To urge the passage of the Civil Rights ActTo protest for women's rightsIt was a political rally for the campaign of Herman TalmadgeIt was organized to stop the Albany Movement in Georgia
- 15. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: The Civil Rights Act demanded that churches integrate as well as schools, and businesses.True: Churches had to abide by the integration ruleFalse: Churches were excluded from the act
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat was one of Lester Maddox's accomplishments as governor?Started the HOPE scholarshipDecreased funding for public schools and the artsAppointed more African Americans to state boardsChanged the State flag
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWho was the first African American Mayor of Atlanta?Maynard JacksonMichael JacksonAndrew YoungSam Massell
- 18. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Maynard Jackson brought the Olympics to Georgia in 1996TrueFalse
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich was NOT and accomplishment of Andrew Young?Established the Citizen's ScholarshipBrought the Olympics to AtlantaWas the first African American since reconstruction to be elected to the House of RepresentativesServed as mayor of Atlanta
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