Review for Units 6-7

Milestones Review, Units 6-7

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Multiple Choice

Henry Grady helped shape the New South by doing all of the following EXCEPT:

• helping the South industrialize by being a public speaker and telling others about all the resources Georgia had to offer.

• bringing the International Cotton Exposition to Georgia which helped to promote the South after the Civil War.

• creating the Rural Free Delivery Bill and helping poor farmers and the working class.

• using the Atlanta Journal to promote his views on the importance of industrialization.

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What can you conclude about the purpose of Grady’s speech? (H7a)

• promoted the northern states’ economy

• focused all of his efforts on agriculture

• pushed to diversify Georgia’s economy

• encouraged Georgians to use materials from the North

Multiple Choice

The Bourbon Triumvirate:

• helped all Georgians recover from the Civil War.

• worked to protect the rights of African Americans and poor farmers.

• wanted to keep agriculture as the main source of income for Georgians, but were white supremacists.

• were white supremacists who wanted to industrialize the state.

Multiple Select

The International Cotton Exposition was used to (CHOOSE 2):

• reunite the Southern states and discuss ways to secede the union again.

• showcase the natural resources Georgia and other southern states had to offer.

• show the North that Georgia could be successful and continue to rely only on cotton.

• bring Northern and foreign investors into the South to help boost our economy.

Multiple Choice

The "New South" was a term created by:

• Tom Watson

• Henry Grady

• the Bourbon Triumvirate

Multiple Choice

The Populist party was made up of wealthy people who wanted to see the Bourbon Triumvirate stay in power to protect their wealth and way of life.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Tom Watson and the Populist party disagreed with Henry Grady because:

• they wanted to continue to see industries grow in the area

• they were farmers who did not want industries taking over their land

• they believed in racial equality and felt that Henry Grady was racist

• they fought to suppress African Americans and Henry Grady was trying to help achieve equality.

Multiple Choice

What group was represented by the People’s Party (Populist Party)?

• Freed Slaves
• Bourbon Triumvirate
• Farmers
• Government Employees

Multiple Choice

Tom Watson started out being a voice for all of the working class people, but overtime grew increasingly racist against African Americans, Jews, and other groups of people.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Tom Watson is known for all of the following EXCEPT:

• helping all Georgians find equality during the New South Era

• being a leader of the Populist Part

• creating the Rural Free Delivery Bill

• being a voice for the working class and rural farmers of Georiga

Multiple Select

Choose ALL that describe the New South period in Georgia?

• A period of growing industry and manufacturing.

• A time of racial harmony where everyone got along.

• An era of racial discrimination and segregation.

• A period where Republicans took power from the Democrats.

Multiple Choice

The Leo Frank case is a famous example of _____________________________ which is prejudice against Jewish People.

• jew hating

• stigmatization

• Antisemitism

• semiticantism

Multiple Choice

This was the Supreme Court case that legalized segregation in America

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Garrett v. NFL

Multiple Choice

Who was convicted of murder and lynched by an angry mob but later believed to be innocent?

• Leo Frank

• Luther Johnson

• Jonathan Leonard

• Frank Walker

Multiple Choice

Tests given to African Americans at the voting polls.

• Literacy Tests

• Voting tests

• Government Tests

• Poll tests

Multiple Choice

Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of the Jim Crow system?

• Keep public facilities cleaner

• keep African-Americans as second-class citizens

• keep the races pure

• keep African-Americans from voting

Multiple Choice

Legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences.

• Integration
• Conflagration
• Confederation
• Segregation

Multiple Choice

laws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities.

• Racist

• Prejudice

• Discrimination

• Jim Crow Laws

Multiple Choice

What best describes Jim Crow laws?

• better opportunities for women
• African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
• discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
• unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education

Multiple Choice

What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?

• Falcons vs Giants

• Aylor vs Byrd

• Brown vs Board of Education

• Plessy vs Ferguson

Multiple Choice

Forcing a person to pay a fee to vote is called a

• Poll tax

• Lynching

• Literacy Test

• Grandfather clause

Multiple Choice

Forcing a person to read a paragraph before they were allowed to vote is called a

• Poll Tax

• Literacy Test

• Grandfather Clause

• Lynching

Multiple Choice

What former slave became a millionaire through his successful businesses in Atlanta?

• Homer Plessy

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Booker T. Washington

• Alonzo Herndon

Multiple Choice

Which BEST describes W.E.B. Dubois?

• Believed blacks could succeed in the South by working in industrial jobs.

• Believed blacks should never accept segregation and instead demand equality.

• Believed that blacks were better off leaving politics to mainstream society.

• Believed that the South provided equal opportunity for all.

Multiple Choice

Which BEST describes Booker T. Washington?

• Believed blacks should accept segregation and focus on growing economically.

• Believed blacks should protest and demand equality.

• Believed the best option for equality was to graduate college and become political leaders.

• Believed that whites were superior to blacks.

Multiple Choice

Which early civil rights leader believed that African-Americans should work hard and eventually they would gain equality?

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Alonzo Herndon

• Homer Plessy

Multiple Choice

Which early civil rights leader believed that African-Americans should work hard and eventually they would gain equality?

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Alonzo Herndon

• Homer Plessy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a way that Georgia helped the war effort in WWI

• victory gardens

• sent soldiers

• military training camps

• served as a battleground

Multiple Choice

What was one of the main reasons the United States entered World War I ?

• The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald

• The Great Bread Riots

• The sinking of the Lusitania

• The Death of Sirhan Sirhan

Multiple Choice

During World War I, Georgia _________ produced uniforms and bandages.

• Farmers

• Slaves

• Factories

• Freedmen

Multiple Choice

This caused the U.S. to enter World War I

• Germany attacked a U.S. military base

• Russia called for the U.S. to help

• interception of the Zimmerman Telegram

• The U.S. had an alliance with Great Britain

Multiple Select

Which were ways Georgians supported the soldiers of World War I? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY

• Purchasing war bonds (liberty bonds).

• Providing training camps and war supplies.

• Growing victory gardens.

• Sending black Georgians to fly airplanes during the war.

• Making most of the weapons used during the war.

Multiple Choice

During World War I, Georgia farmers supported the war effort by growing _________ for clothing

• Cotton

• Tobacco

• Corn

• Wool

Multiple Choice

During World War I, Georgia military facilities contributed to the war effort by training _________.

• Recruits

• Circus Animals

• Farmers

• Freedmen

Multiple Choice

Which President came up with the New Deal Programs

• Abraham Lincoln

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Eugene Talmadge

• Herbert Hoover

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains the purpose of the New Deal?

• To give Franklin Roosevelt more control over the government

• To give African Americans equal opportunities

• To bring economic recovery to the United States and to help people get jobs

• To cause and economic panic

Multiple Choice

Why did Eugene Talmadge not support Roosevelt's New Deal Programs?

• because Roosevelt had tried to destroy Talmadge's political career.

• because Talmadge was planning on running against Roosevelt in the next election.

• because Talmadge was against integration and didn't want to see African Americans advance

• because Roosevelt bullied Talmadge in Middle School

Multiple Choice

Why did Roosevelt visit Georgia?

• he had family that still lived here.

• he married a girl from Georgia and had built a home here before becoming President

• he wanted a peaceful place to create his New Deal programs

• he found that the baths at Warm Springs helped his Polio

Multiple Choice

Which best describes Eugene Talmadge?

• a Georgia Governor who disagreed with Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal Programs

• A U.S.Supreme Court judge who sought to have Franklin Roosevelt removed from office.

• A Georgia Governor that supported Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal Programs

• A Georgia politician that worked closely with Franklin Roosevelt to create the New Deal Programs

Multiple Select

How did Social Security help Georgia? Select all that apply.

• It helped build parks

• It stopped overproduction in the South

• It brought benefits to the elderly

• It brought benefits to the unemployed and disabled

Multiple Select

How did Rural Electrification help Georgia? Select all that apply

• It brought electricity to Georgians

• It stopped overproduction

• It gave Georgians unemployment insurance

• It created jobs for Georgians building power lines.

Multiple Choice

Which New Deal program caused an increase in the price of cotton?

• Agricultural Adjustment Act

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Social Security Act

Multiple Choice

Which New Deal program created a system for retirement and unemployment insurance?

• FDIC

• Urban Reclamation

• Social Security Act

• Activation Assistance Act

Multiple Choice

Which New Deal program provided jobs for young men building schools and roads, planting trees to reforest the land and control flooding and building parks?

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Agricultural Adjustment Act

• Social Security Act

• Rural Electrification

Multiple Choice

Which governor of Georgia did NOT want the government to get involved in the recovery of the depression and would not allow the New Deal Programs in Georgia?

• Jimmy Carter

• Brian Kemp

• Richard B Russell

• Eugene Talmadge

Multiple Choice

Which New Deal program brought power to the homes of those who lived in the country?

• Rural Electrification

• Urban Electrification

• FDIC

• Work Progress Administration

Multiple Choice

What was the boll weevil?

• a popular music group of the 1920's

• Atlanta's first baseball team

• an insect that destroyed much of Georgia's cotton crop in the 1920's and 1930's.

• a giant insect that is destroying most of Africa's crops.

Multiple Choice

During the 1920's, severe ________ in Georgia caused crops to die and fields to dry up

• pestilence

• sharecropping

• famine

• drought

Multiple Choice

What insect destroyed cotton crops in Georgia in the 1920's?

• The Gypsy Moth

• The Locust

• The Boll Weevil

• The Evel Knievel

Multiple Choice

Why did Eugene Talmadge dislike President Roosevelt's "New Deal"?

• He felt the New Deal gave the government too little power and lowered taxes too much.

• He felt the New Deal gave the government too much power and raised taxes too much.

• He argued it helped other countries more than it did the US

• He was upset it didn't do more to help African Americans

Multiple Choice

World War II helped America come out of ______________________ by providing jobs.

• The Cold War

• The Dust Bowl

• The Great Depression

• The Roaring 20s

Multiple Choice

In the Spring of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law a bill which allowed him to sell, loan, or give war material to countries for their defense against Axis forces. This bill was known as the

• Lend-Lease Act.
• Cash and Carry Act.
• European Recovery Program.
• Destroyers for Bases Agreement.

Multiple Choice

Which statement BEST describes the involvement of the United States in World War II before the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

• The United States maintained strict neutrality with no favoritism.

• The United States provided advisory troops to aid Great Britain

• The United States provided lend-lease aid to Great Britain and the Soviet Union.

• The United States secretly sank German submarines.

Multiple Choice

Why was the bombing of Pearl Harbor a significant event during World War II?

•  It was the first use of nuclear weapons in war.
•  It put an end to the lend lease program.
•  It prevented Japan from invading the United States.
•  It caused the United States to get involved in the war.

Multiple Choice

What factory was opened in Marietta that created B-29 bombers for the Allied Powers?

• Lock-Heed Martin

• Fieldale

• Bell Bomber

• Pearl Harbor

Multiple Choice

How did Senator Richard Russell's policies affect economic opportunities in Georgia?

• He worked with labor leaders to reduce discrimination in companies with government contracts.

• He worked with business leaders to increase the number of women in Georgia's workforce.

• He used his influence to reduce regulations he believed were hurting businesses.

• He used his influence to secure increased military investment in the state.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a contribution of Georgia to the World War II war effort?

• Various military bases such as Fort Benning and Camp Gordon allowed for soldiers to be effectively trained.

• The Bell Bomber Plant built aircraft to be used by the Allies during the war.

• The shipyards at Savannah and Brunswick built Liberty ships that were used to transport men and supplies during the war.

• Georgia provided more troops than any other state.

Multiple Choice

How did wartime production in the communities in and around Savannah and Brunswick during World War II affect these communities economically?

• Shipyards provided thousands of jobs and benefited the economies of the communities significantly as income from these jobs was reinvested in local businesses.

• Farms in these communities experienced a sharp rise in production and profit as they became the primary sources of agricultural goods for the US military.

• Wartime needs forced the communities to undergo an abrupt shift from industrial to agricultural production, forcing many local factory operations out of business.

• Efforts to construct bomber plants supported by local governments led to a substantial rise in taxes in the communities, devastating the local economies.

Multiple Choice

Use the information to answer the question

• Served in the U.S. Senate from 1933 to 1971
• Known for his efforts to strengthen national defense
• Supported small farmers and soil & water conservation
• Worked to bring economic opportunities to Georgia

Which Georgia politician is described by the statements?

• Carl Vinson

• William J. Harris

• Richard E. Russell

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Multiple Choice

What was Carl Vinson known for?

• Holocaust

• The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy

• The Battle of Bay Creek

• Founder of Georgia

Multiple Choice

This day will live in infamy

• December 7, 1941
• April 7, 1861
• December 25
• February 15, 2018

Multiple Choice

shipyards were located here

• Savannah/Brunswick
• Macon/Warner Robins
• Marietta/Kennesaw
• Valdosta/Columbus

Multiple Choice

How did Senator Richard Russell's policies affect economic opportunities in Georgia?

• He worked with labor leaders to reduce discrimination in companies with government contracts.

• He worked with business leaders to increase the number of women in Georgia's workforce.

• He used his influence to reduce regulations he believed were hurting businesses.

• He used his influence to secure increased military investment in the state.

Multiple Choice

How did Richard Russell and Carl Vinson contribute to the economic growth of Georgia in World War II and beyond?

• Both men opened universities which provided an educated work force in Georgia

• Both men promoted military growth in Georgia which increased job opportunties

• Both men encouraged mechanization of farms which increased agriculture production

• Both men contributed to the civil rights movements which increased job opportunites for African Americans