Georgia Milestones Review History Standards 7-12

New South advocates, such as Henry Grady, would have favored which of the following policies?

• encouraging agricultural development

• eliminating tariffs on imported goods

• electing more African Americans to public office

• increasing industrialization while using local resources

Which BEST describes the primary purpose of the Bourbon Redeemers?

• spreading Christianity state-wide through Catholic and Protestant reform

• making Georgia an “all-wet” state to foster economic growth from the sale of alcohol

• promoting social and racial justice through political change

• attracting investment and modernizing the state economy for self sufficiency

. How did Henry Grady and Thomas E. Watson differ in their views about the future of Georgia?

• . How did Henry Grady and Thomas E. Watson differ in their views about the future of Georgia?

• Grady thought African Americans should not vote; Watson thought they should

• Watson wanted to support farmers; Grady wanted to diversify the state economy.

• Grady believed in populism; Watson favored the Bourbon Democrats.

Why were Jim Crow laws passed in Georgia?

• encourage industrial growth

• to keep everything segregated

• protect the civil rights of minorities

• provide financial relief to farmers

The Populist Party was established in the 1890's to

• support the candidacy of William McKinley.

• ensure that the US stayed on the gold standard.

• reduce the tax burden on the wealthy industrialist class.

• protect the political and economic interests of farmers and laborers.

What was the impact of literacy tests and poll taxes in Georgia?

• They kept blacks and poor whites from voting.

• They started a migration of black to urban areas.

• They caused black and poor whites to work together.

• They made elections in the south fairer for everyone.

What was the decision of the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

• The Black Codes were unconstitutional.

• The 15th Amendment failed to guarantee the right to vote to all males.

• The citizenship principle established in Dred Scott v. Sanford was repealed.

• Racial segregation did not violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

Which explanation concerning the cause of the 1906 Atlanta Riot is MOST correct?

• the governor of Georgia wanted to put an end to black voting rights

• newspapers reported several alleged assaults on white women by black men

• the Leo Frank case increased tensions between white and Jewish southerners

• a new prohibition law outlawed the production, sale, and transport of alcohol

Identify the former slave who was emancipated at the end of the Civil War and founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, one of the most successful blackowned insurance businesses in the nation.

• Alonzo Herndon

• WEB Dubois

• Maynard Jackson

• Martin Luther King Jr.

For what is William E. B. DuBois BEST known?

• founding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• being elected the first African-American mayor of Atlanta

• his role in the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot

• establishing the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute