Unit 8 Georgia Studies Quiz - Modern Georgia

Question 1

New Deal's Agricultural Adjustment Act and ability of farmers to buy more equipment led to...

Accepted Answer

fewer but larger farms

Question 2

Which of the below is NOT an industry that actively sought and helped bring Latinos to Georgia?

Accepted Answer

Pharmaceutical industry

Question 3

Established the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to protest for civil rights.

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 4

One of the strategies practiced by SNCC to raise awareness for the civil rights movement.

Accepted Answer

coordinated lunch counter "sit-ins" in white diners

Question 5

What did Lester Maddox NOT do?

Accepted Answer

He encouraged the integration of Atlanta schools.

Question 6

Took place in 1963 and became the largest demonstration for human rights in American history.

Accepted Answer

March on Washington

Question 7

During William B. Hartsfield’s tenure, Atlanta’s population increased from 100,000 to...

Accepted Answer

1 million

Question 8

Founding member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and Congressman.

Accepted Answer

John Lewis

Question 9

For which contribution is William Hartsfield most remembered?

Accepted Answer

aviation

Question 10

Which office did Benjamin Mays "the Father of the Modern Civil Rights Movement" hold?

Accepted Answer

President of Morehouse College

Question 11

What was the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education?

Accepted Answer

"Separate but equal" was unconstitutional.

Question 12

What student organization was founded (after a sit-in in Greensboro, North Carolina)?

Accepted Answer

SNCC

Question 13

What caused the end of the "white primary" in Georgia?

Accepted Answer

a Supreme Court ruling

Question 14

Which of the below items was NOT a benefit for Atlanta hosting the 1996 Olympics?

Accepted Answer

Construction of new universities and research facilities

Question 15

Who were the three men involved in the "3 governors" controversy?

Accepted Answer

Ellis Arnall, Herman Talmadge, M.E. Thompson

Question 16

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

Accepted Answer

Allowed government to withhold funds from school systems.

Question 17

What event was the MOST significant in Andrew Young’s political career?

Accepted Answer

First black since Reconstruction elected to the House.

Question 18

President Jimmy Carter won this in 2002 for promoting human rights and democracy worldwide.

Accepted Answer

Nobel Peace Prize

Question 19

How did the ending county unit system and reapportionment help women, blacks, and Republicans?

Accepted Answer

Higher representation for these groups in government.

Question 20

Which Atlanta mayor was responsible for bringing professional sports teams to the city?

Accepted Answer

Ivan Allen, Jr.

Question 21

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., favored bringing about social change through...

Accepted Answer

non-violent protest

Question 22

Which was not a political position held by Jimmy Carter during his career?

Accepted Answer

Ambassador

Question 23

In what year did the Georgia state flag change as a response to Brown vs. Board of Education?

Accepted Answer

1956

Question 24

Which of the accomplishments below was NOT associated with Maynard Jackson?

Accepted Answer

He worked to bring professional sports teams to Atlanta.

Question 25

From 1990-2000, the immigrant population in Georgia increased. Most immigrants came from...

Accepted Answer

Latin America

Question 26

Who was one of the first blacks to be admitted to the University of Georgia?

Accepted Answer

Charlayne Hunter

Question 27

This desegregation movement took place from fall 1961 to summer 1962 in South Georgia.

Accepted Answer

Albany Movement

Question 28

The purpose of the Sibley Commission was to...

Accepted Answer

study the issues involving school integration in Georgia.

Question 29

Which of the following did Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. NOT do?

Accepted Answer

He placed "white" and "colored" signs in city hall.

Question 30

This Georgia governor lowered the state's voting age to 18.

Accepted Answer

Ellis Arnall

Unit 8 Georgia Studies Quiz - Modern Georgia

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Unit 8 Georgia Studies Quiz - Modern Georgia

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