unit 10- civil rights

Question 1

Mayor of Atlanta who oversaw Atlanta gaining three major league sports teams.

Answer 1

Ivan Allen jr

Question 2

professional basketball team based in Atlanta

Answer 2

Hawks

Question 3

Made segregation and discrimination in public places illegal.

Answer 3

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 4

Mayor of Atlanta who pushed for an airport and expanded air travel.

Answer 4

William Hartsfield

Question 5

same thing as
“desegregate”

Answer 5

integration

Question 6

A one day event organized by a coalition of civil rights organizations. This is where MLK Jr. delivered his
“I Have a Dream” speech.

Answer 6

March on Washington

Question 7

A civil rights group in Atlanta, formed by Martin Luther King Jr. It helped teach others about how to nonviolently protest for Civil Rights.

Answer 7

SCLC

Question 8

Atlanta mayors who worked with civil rights leaders and businesses to make sure everything went smoothly.
Helped Atlanta become “The city too busy too hate!”

Answer 8

William B. Hartsfield and Ivan Allen Jr.

Question 9

US Supreme Court case in which the court declared that separate but equal schools were
unconstitutional

Answer 9

Brown vs Board of Education

Question 10

One of the founders of
SNCC, later became a U.S. congressman from Georgia.

Answer 10

John Lewis

Question 11

primary or preliminary elections held in which only white voters where permitted to participate.

Answer 11

white primaries

Question 12

professional American football team based in
Atlanta

Answer 12

Falcons

Question 13

Brief period of time in 1947 when Georgia had three people claiming to be the Governor.

Answer 13

Three Governors Contreversy

Question 14

The son of Eugene
Talmadge. Claimed he was the governor because many voters who voted for his dad were actually voting for him.

Answer 14

Herman Talmadge

Question 16

A civil rights organization of college students who were involved in sit-ins and other civil disobedience.

Answer 16

SNCC

Question 17

Had been set to become the Lt.
Governor before Eugene
Talmadge died. Claimed he was the Governor because under normal circumstances the Lt.
Governor takes over if the
Governor dies.

Answer 17

Melvin Thompson

Question 18

Group created by GA legislature to determine how to desegregate schools.

Answer 18

Sibley Comission

Question 19

To refuse to support or buy something

Answer 19

Boycott

Question 20

Died after being elected Governor, triggering the Three Governors
Controversy.

Answer 20

Eugene Talmadge

Question 21

A strong segregationist, closed his restaurant rather than integrate it. He was elected governor in 1966.

Answer 21

Lester Maddox

Question 22

The Governor of Georgia when Eugene Talmadge died. He claimed that he should remain the Governor until a solution to the Three Governors Controversy could be found.

Answer 22

Ellis Arnall

Question 23

A civil rights group founded in 1909 by W.E.B.
Dubois, challenged discrimination and
segregation in the courts

Answer 23

NAACP

Question 24

A minister from Atlanta, leader of the Montgomery bus boycott and the nonviolent peaceful resistance movement.

Answer 24

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 25

A movement to desegregate Albany, GA; led by SNCC, MLK Jr. and other SCLC leaders. It gained a lot of publicity because many were arrested but there was no immediate change because the goal was too broad.

Answer 25

Albany Movement

Question 26

American professional baseball franchise in the Atlanta Metropolatian

Answer 26

Braves

Question 27

Mayor of Atlanta who oversaw Atlanta gaining three major league sports teams.

Answer 27

Ivan Allen Jr

Question 28

What was a result of technology transforming agriculture in Georgia?

Answer 28

Population shift to cities

Question 29

Who was the Atlanta mayor known for promoting aviation and transportation?

Answer 29

William B Hartsfield

Question 30

Which mayor brought sports teams to Atlanta?

Answer 30

Ivan Allen Jr

Question 31

Which man refused to leave the governor's office?

Answer 31

Ellis Arnall

Question 32

Which court case did Georgia respond to with the 1956 flag?

Answer 32

Brown vs Board of Education

Question 33

Who was a Georgia governor known for his opposition to desegregation?

Answer 33

Lester Maddox

Question 34

Which mayor of Atlanta promoted the city as "the city too busy to hate"?

Answer 34

William B Hartsfield

Question 35

Which civil rights event took place in Georgia and involved Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Answer 35

Albany Movement

Question 36

Which Supreme Court case kept schools in the south segregated?

Answer 36

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 37

What was Georgia's initial response to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?

Answer 37

Resistance to integration

Question 38

What were the two main groups involved in the Civil Rights Movement in Georgia?

Answer 38

SNCC and SCLC

Question 39

In what year was the Civil Rights Act passed?

Answer 39

1964

Question 40

Which Supreme Court case led to changes in Georgia's education system?

Answer 40

Brown vs Board of Education

Question 41

Who resisted the 1964 Civil Rights Act in Georgia?

Answer 41

Lester Maddox

Question 42

Which organization was known for its sit-ins and freedom rides?

Answer 42

SNCC

Question 43

Which civil rights group was known for its student-led initiatives?

Answer 43

SNCC

Question 44

Who was the mayor of Atlanta known for removing segregation signs?

Answer 44

Ivan Allen Jr

Question 45

When was the controversial Georgia state flag adopted?

Answer 45

1956

Question 46

Which city did mayors William B. Hartsfield and Ivan Allen, Jr. help develop?

Answer 46

Atlanta

Question 47

Eugene Talmadge promised to bring back the White Primaries when he ran for governor. true or false

Answer 47

true

Question 48

Who was one of the mayors that helped develop Atlanta?

Answer 48

William B Hartsfield

Question 49

Which man was appointed governor by GA's General Assembly?

Answer 49

Herman Talmadge

Question 50

What was created to study public opinion on school integration in Georgia?

Answer 50

Sibley Commision

Question 51

Which man sued the state to become governor?

Answer 51

Melvin Thompson

Question 52

What was one impact of Atlanta's development under its mayors?

Answer 52

Economic growth

Question 53

What significant change occurred in Georgia's political system in 1946?

Answer 53

End of white primary

Question 54

Who was the Atlanta mayor known for promoting aviation and transportation?

Answer 54

William B. Hartsfield

Question 55

Which Supreme Court case led to Georgia's response involving the 1956 flag?

Answer 55

Brown vs Board of Education

Question 56

Which Supreme Court case kept schools in the south segregated?

Answer 56

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 57

What was created to study public opinion on school integration in Georgia?

Answer 57

Sibley Commision

Question 58

Describe Georgia’s agriculture after WWII and how it changed.

Answer 58

New technology like tractors reduced the need for farm workers and poultry farming quickly became popular.

Question 59

farming in the south changed or evolved, people moved away from rural areas and into__________. This caused an urban __________ boom.

Answer 59

cities population

Question 60

WHO IS THIS? He pushed for the creation of Atlanta’s airport and supported air travel for goods and people.

Answer 60

William B. Hartsfield (most remembered for)

Question 61

WHO IS THIS? He supported and helped bring three major sports teams to Atlanta. Braves, Falcons, Hawks

Answer 61

Ivan Allen Jr (most remembered for)

Question 62

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down school segregation. Instead of “separate but equal” this time they said “separate automatically unequal”.

Answer 62

impact of the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling.

Question 63

List Georgia’s 4 major transportation systems and describe their importance.

Answer 63

Airports, Deepwater Ports, Railroads, Highways (They provide Georgia with efficient cheap travel and shipping.)

Question 64

The leader of nonviolent peaceful resistance movements including marches, protests/demonstrations, and boycotts.

Answer 64

Martin Luther King Jr. and his philosophy of non-violent protest.

Question 65

What court case reversed Plessy vs. Ferguson and got rid of the idea of “separate but equal”?

Answer 65

Brown Vs Board of Education

Question 66

What triggered the Three Governors Controversy? Why was it a controversy?

Answer 66

Eugene Talmadge was reelected as Governor, but then died. Three men claimed to be the Governor after Talmadge’s death and were all trying to make decisions.

Question 67

What impact did John Lewis have on Georgia?

Answer 67

Lewis was one of the founders of SNCC and was active in nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights movement. Later, he became a U.S. Congressman representing GA for nearly 30 years.

Question 68

Who started the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) and what was its purpose?

Answer 68

Martin Luther King Jr. founded the SCLC to teach others about the tactics of nonviolent/peaceful protest.

Question 69

Under this law only white Georgians were allowed to vote in primary (preliminary) elections where candidates are chosen. Consequently, political candidates rarely represented the interests of African Americans in Georgia.

Answer 69

white primaries

Question 70

Who started SNCC? What new type of nonviolent protest did they use?

Answer 70

SNCC was started mostly by college students. They used “sit-ins” at lunch counters in an effort to desegregate them.

Question 71

What was the number one issue that the Sibley Commission was appointed to take care of? Did they make an efficient plan to accomplish this goal?

Answer 71

They were supposed to deal with how to desegregate/integrate schools in GA. Their plan included many tactics that school districts used to delay integration for as long as possible.

Question 72

Why did Georgia change the state flag in 1956?

Answer 72

The flag was changed to signal displeasure with the Brown v. BOE court case ruling

Question 73

What was the goal of the Albany movement? Why did MLK believe that it failed?

Answer 73

The intention was to segregate the city of Albany, GA. He believed the goal was too broad and should have been more focused.

Question 74

What was the significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Answer 74

Banned segregation in public places and eliminated employment discrimination based on race, religion, gender, national origin, etc.

Question 75

Why did Lester Maddox close his restaurant in Atlanta after the Civil Rights Act of 1964? What position did he later hold in Georgia’s government?

Answer 75

He strongly believed in segregation and said he would rather close the restaurant than integrate it. He later became governor, where he appointed more African Americans to government jobs than anyone before him.