Georgia Milestones Part 4 Review Game

A law which forbids a white person and a black person from using the same public facilities would be considered what?

• a grandfather clause
• disenfranchisement
• a black code
• a Jim Crow law

Who believed that blacks should receive the same economic, political, and social rights as whites and helped found the NAACP through the Niagara Movement?

• Henry Grady
• W.E.B. DuBois
• Booker T. Washington
• Tom Watson

Which of the following is TRUE regarding Georgia's contributions to WWI?

• GA provided needed textiles, food, military bases, and soldiers for the war effort
• GA could only supply soldiers because times were hard on farmers
• GA only allowed African Americans to be drafted because whites were needed to work on farms
• GA was the only state in the South that did not contribute to the war effort

What is a boll weevil and what impact did it have on the economy of Georgia?

• a farmer who refused to move to the city despite hard times economically
• someone who buys more than they have
• an insect that destroyed cotton crops in the South
• a white Georgia who moved north during the 1920s

Which statement is true regarding Eugene Talmadge?

• he was the governor of Georgia for only one term
• he was a huge supporter of the New Deal programs
• he caused great controversy by claiming that blacks deserved the same rights as whites
• he was a political hero to Georgia's white rural farmers

President Franklin D. Roosevelt created numerous federal agencies when he took office in 1933.  He introduced legislation to accomplish relief for the unemployed and homeless people, recovery for agriculture and industry, and reforms to change how the economy worked.
This legislation was commonly referred to as what?

• the New Deal
• the New South
• the Great Depression
• the Old South

What Georgian is known as the "father of the two-ocean navy?"

• Ben Epps
• Walter F. George
• Richard B. Russell, Jr.
• Carl Vinson

Why did Franklin Roosevelt spend so much time in Georgia?

• Roosevelt used the warm mineral waters of Warm Springs to ease his polio
• Roosevelt was a native of Augusta and traveled widely across the state
• Roosevelt had originally been a farmer and he loved farm life
• Roosevelt's wife was a native of Calhoun and visited relatives

Which of the following best describes GA's economy after WWII?

• thanks to wartime demands and the New Deal, cotton became GA's key crop
• it featured new industries and more diversified farming
• agriculture no longer played an important role thanks the growth of cities and industries
• rural farmers prospered thanks to more diversified crops, but cities suffered from a decline in population

Which statement BEST explains William B. Hartsfield's importance to aviation?

• he enjoyed riding in planes
• he was afraid to fly
• he worked to make planes safer
• expanded the Atlanta airport & its named after him