SS8 H11 Modern Civil Rights Review
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- Q1In what court case did the Supreme Court declare that segregated public schools were unconstitutional?Plessy v. FergusonBrown v. Board of EducationScopes Monkey TrialLeo Frank Case30s
- Q2What reason did the Supreme Court give for declaring segregation unconstitutional?separate is but equal gives black children an advantage that the court did not want them to haveseparate is never equal; causes psychological damage by making black children feel inferiorseparate but equal is fair as long as both facilities are equal`30s
- Q3As civil rights movement leaders, what major events did John Lewis and Martin Luther King, Jr. help organize?Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. BOESibley Commission, Montgomery Bus Boycott`March on Washington, Albany Movement30s
- Q4What were the goals of SCLC and SNCC?to end the Sibley Comissionpeaceful, nonviolent protests of segregation and discriminationviolent protests to end segregation30s
- Q5During which major Civil Rights movement event did protesters gather in the nation's capital to demand equal rights and to push for Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act?Albany MovementMontgomery Bus BoycottMarch on Washington30s
- Q6What speech did Martin Luther King, Jr. give that had a major impact on the Civil Rights movement here as well as around the world?I Have a DreamThe Gettysburg AddressLetter from a Birmingham Jail30s
- Q7Because of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Lester Maddox was told he had to serve African Americans at his restaurant. What did he do?closed his restaurantexpanded his business and became much wealthiercontinued to serve only whites until he left the restaurant to become governor30s
- Q8What change did GA make to its flag in 1956?Added the Confederate battle flagRemoved the Confederate battle flagAdded a blue background30s
- Q9Why did GA change its flag in 1956to show support of desegregationto show loyalty to the Unionto show resistance to desegregationto show resistance to Lester Maddox30s
- Q10What was the purpose of the Sibley Commission?to determine how Georgians felt about desegregationto determine the constitutionality of desegregationto show support for desegregationto get the opinion of African Americans with regard to desegregation30s
- Q11Who was the first African American mayor of a major southern city?Maynard JacksonWilliam B. HartsfieldAndrew YoungIvan Allen, Jr.30s
- Q12Who was the first African American elected to Congress from GA since reconstruction?Andrew YoungWilliam B. HartsfieldIvan Allen, Jr.Maynard Jackson30s