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Unit 8 Quiz 1 3/27/2020

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What legislator helped bring the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta
Booker T. Washington
Lester Maddox
Jimmy Carter
Andrew Young
What Georgia governor refused to serve African Americans in his restaurant?
Jimmy Carter
Maynard Jackson
Andrew Young
Lester Maddox
What tactic do legislators use to delay voting on a Congressional bill by making long speeches?
filibuster
pocket veto
talk-a-thon
rhetoric
Who was the first African American mayor of a major Southern city?
Lugenia Burns Hope
Benjamin Franklin
Maynard Jackson
William Hartsfield
As mayor of Atlanta, Ivan Allen, Jr’s accomplishments included which of the following?
Integrating the city of Atlanta
Ending the Great depression
Building the nation’s largest airport
Lowering the voting age
Which two transportation systems interact to provide Georgians with MOST of their consumer goods?
Sea ports and interstate system
Hartsfield –Jackson International Airport and the interstate system
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and state highways
State highways and the interstate system
Martin Luther King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech during:
The 1998 Summer Olympics
The March on Washington
The Albany Movement
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
What legislation prohibited discrimination based on color, race, or relgion in public places?
Albany Act
Civil Equality Act
Stamp Act
Civil Rights Act
What civil rights leader believes in nonviolent protest?
Charlayne Hunter
John Lewis
Hamilton Holmes
Booker T. Washington
Which of the following is a reason why Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport provides so many jobs to Georgians?
It is owned by the state government, so it will only hire people who are residents of Georgia.
It is one of the busiest airports in the country, and a diverse array of jobs need to be filled to keep the airport running.
It is partnered with the armed forces, so many of its employees are military personnel.
It is required to hire many people because it receives tax money for its operations
In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled against:
Hiring minority teachers
Free school lunches
Segregated school buses
School segregation
Who was a mentor for Martin Luther King, Jr. at Moreshouse College?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Jesse Jackson
Benjamin Mays
Andrew Young
Which Georgia governor changed he state’s image from one of poverty to one of progressive change?
Benjamin Mays
Ellis Arnall
Jimmy Carter
Eugene Talmadge
How did new farming technology introduced after World War II affect farming?
It led to an increased number of farms in the state of Georgia.
It led to an increased number of farmers needed to work fields.
It led to increased productivity with fewer workers.
It led to increased labor costs on farms.
What did the Georgia legislature decide to do to the Georgia state flag in 1956?
Add a cotton plant
Add the stars and bars
Change the colors to gold and blue
Change its size from small to large
When he was governor, Eugene Talmadge’s BIGGEST national political opponent was...
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt.
Senator Richard B. Russell
Representative Walter F. George
U.S. President Herbert Hoover
What laws were passed to discriminate against African Americans?
a. County unit laws
b. Jim Crow laws
c. Plessy-Ferguson rulings
d. Fair Living laws
Fair Living laws
County unit laws
Jim Crow laws
Plessy-Ferguson rulings
General Sherman took his troops through the state of Georgia in the:
Battle of Kettle Creek
March to the Sea
Battle of Augusta
Atlanta Campaign
Which of the following was NOT one of the diverse groups to immigrate to Georgia?
Salzburgers
Jews
Highland Scots
Yamacraw Tribe
Which condition in England inspired James Oglethorpe to plan a colony in Georgia?
The black plague was claiming many lives in England.
There were many debtors in England.
There was very little available farmland in England.
The government was too strict in England.