Leo Frank and Anti-Semitism

Leo Frank and Anti-Semitism

The Case of Leo Frank and Anti-semitism

Multiple Choice

As a result of the murder of Mary Phagan, which powerful organization re-emerged?

• White Nights

• Leo Frank Fighters of Justice

• Ku Klux Klan

• The Knights of the Night

Multiple Choice

Which event in Georgia drew attention to questions of anti-Semitism through out the state and the nation

• Atlanta Race Riot

• looting of a Jewish Temple

• burning of a cross on Stone Mountain

• the Lynching of Leo Frank

Multiple Choice

What event prevented Leo Frank from serving his full sentence for his conviction of the murder of Mary Phagan?

• He was pardoned

• He died of cancer

• Jim Conley confessed to the crime.

• a group of prominent men from Marietta kidnapped Frank and hung him.

Multiple Choice

Which is a reason why public opinion in Georgia was firmly against Leo Frank?  (H7d)

• Leo Frank was born in a foreign country.
• Support from the American Civil Liberties Union upset Southerners.
• Leo Frank was of African American descent.
• Anti-Semitism was part of the racial divide in the South.