Notebook Page 89- crct review Questions- civil Rights Movement

1. 
   What office did Benjamin Mays hold?
   
2. 
   What was the purpose of the white primary?
   
3. 
   What brought about the controversy surrounding the 1946 election for Georgia governor?
   
4. 
   What factor enabled Herman Talmadge to be elected governor of Georgia in 1950?
   
5. 
   In what area did Herman Talmadege make his greatest contributions as governor?
   
6. 
   What was the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education?
   
7. 
   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., favored bringing about social change through what means?
   
8. 
   Which group was instrumental in getting the 1956 Georgia state flag changed?
   
9. 
   What organization was founded two months after the 1960 sit-in at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, NC?
   
10. 
    Who were the first two African American students admitted to UGA?
    
11. 
    How did the majority of people in Georgia initially respond to the Brown v. Board decision?
    
12. 
    Who was the governor of Georgia when the first black students were admitted to UGA?
    
13. 
    What was the focus/goal of the Albany Movement in Georgia?
    
14. 
    What was one thing that was not forced to integrate under the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
    
15. 
    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech was given during what event?
    
16. 
    What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do with regard to education?
    
17. 
    Who was the first African American mayor of Atlanta?
    
18. 
    What was one of Lester Maddox’s major accomplishments as governor in Georgia?
    
19. 
    Which mayor of Atlanta increased programs for the arts, addressed the need to expand the airport and led the effort to have the Olympics in Atlanta?
    
20. 
    Andrew Young helped establish “citizenship schools,” which taught what?
    
21. 
    What event was the most significant in Andrew Young’s political career?
    
22. 
    Benjamin Mays served as a mentor to whom?
    
23. 
    How did Lester Maddox get input from the voters?
    
24. 
    What was the main purpose of the march on Washington?
    
25. 
    Which African American group was involved with the Albany Movement?
    
26. 
    What was the purpose of the Sibley Commission? What did it recommend?
    
27. 
    Who was the first president of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee?
    
28. 
    In what year did the Georgia state flag become an issue in the race for governor?
    
29. 
    What was one reason for keeping the Georgia state flag of 1956?
    
30. 
    What earlier U.S. Supreme Court decision did the ruling in Brown v. Board overturn?
    
31. 
    Herman Talmadge’s 3% sales tax was passed primarily to fund what?
    
32. 
    Under the white primary system, only whites were allowed to do what?
    
33. 
    Benjamin Mays served as a mentor to whom?
    

______________________ - In 1948, Atlanta Mayor Hartsfield hired 8 African American police officers for restricted duties, a move unheard of throughout most of the South.