In front of the Georgia General Assembly in 1971, newly elected Governor Jimmy Carter said, “the time for…discrimination is over,” fulfilling which campaign promise?

(1 point)
Responses

Reorganize the state government
Reorganize the state government

Promote racial equality
Promote racial equality

Make government agencies more efficient
Make government agencies more efficient

Modernize the state government

In 1956, Georgia’s Assembly approved what controversial measure?
(1 point)
Responses

Integrating the University of Georgia
Integrating the University of Georgia

Including the Confederate battle flag within the new state flag
Including the Confederate battle flag within the new state flag

Banning Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from speaking publicly in Georgia
Banning Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from speaking publicly in Georgia

Inaugurating the first elected African-American mayor of Atlanta

• chose to close rather than integrate his restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia
• chased African American civil rights activists away from restaurant with axe handles
• elected governor of Georgia by opponents of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
The list describes which person?

(1 point)
Responses

Carl Sanders
Carl Sanders

Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox

Ellis Arnall
Ellis Arnall

George Busbee

1 answer

  1. In front of the Georgia General Assembly in 1971, newly elected Governor Jimmy Carter said, “the time for…discrimination is over,” fulfilling which campaign promise?

    • Promote racial equality
  2. In 1956, Georgia’s Assembly approved what controversial measure?

    • Including the Confederate battle flag within the new state flag
  3. The list describes which person?

    • Lester Maddox