Spring Interim review

Why was W.E.B. Dubois seen as Booker T Washington's intellectual opposite?

• Dubois believed violence was the answer to overturn oppressive laws.

• Washington believed in promotion of a talented tenth while Dubois beleived in working for equality.

• DuBois believed in the practice of non-violent civil disobedience while Washington believed in violent protest.

• DuBois believed in actively seeking civil rights while Washington believed in gradually working for rights.

Why did Tom Watson and the Populist MOST criticize Henry Grady?

• They were opposed to changing anything in the South.

• They were angry about how he favored Atlanta over their cities,

• The were unhappy he focused on industry.

• They were convinved his newspaper covered their movement unfairly.

What effect did Plessy V Ferguson have on US Society particularly in the South?

• Racial Segregation of public facilities was permitted by the court.

• Publicly funded universities were forced to admit African Americans.

• Taxes were increased to pay for new schools.

• Discrimination in private businesses was outlawed.

How did the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot affect race relations in GA?

• It led to a biricial committee to help end the violence.

• It led to the passage of Plessy V Ferguson Supreme Court decision.

• It led to reforms which earned Atlanta the title the jewel of the New South.

• It led to increasing segregation and oppression of African American in GA?

Which best describes the purpose of the Jim Crow laws?

• to keep African Americans from becoming equal and to keep things similar to slavery.

• to provide African Americans with better access to social services.

• to force former slaves to work as indentured servants.

• to provide funding for the construction of factories in the South provideing more jobs.

How did the Supreme Court justify Plessy V Ferguson?

• They argued the the Civil Rights act of 1875 was meant to keep African Americans from gaining equality.

• It argued the Equal Protection Clause in the Constitution only applied to gender discrimination.

• It argued that the 14th and 15th amendments gave polticial, but not social rights to African Americans.

• It argued that violence would result from forcing desegregation and would hurt the country as a whole.

What was the long term impact of the CCC on Georgia?

• It kept young men empployed through WWII.

• It allowed young men to save money to buy property.

• It built and improved state parks such as Chickamauga and Hard Labor Park.

• It desegregated work groups and encouraged the state civil rights movement.

Why did FDR establish a second home on Warm Springs, GA?

• He needed a more secure location to stay during WWII.

• He wanted to encourage the spread of electrical service in the Southern States.

• He came to Warm Springs in the hopes the springs would improve his health becasue of his polio.

• He believed that having a residence in the South would increase his chances for re-election.

What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act?

• Congress passed it as part of the formal end of neutrality in WWII.

• It was intended to secure military bases in Europe in case the US went to war.

• It allowed FDR and pro-war members of Congress to support the Allies withut formally joining the war.

• It was intended to warn the Japanese that any attempts of attack would be responsed to with extreme force.

How did new agricultural technologies impact the population demographics of the South?

• New tech increased crop yeilds but reduced the demand for labor causing a rural to urban migration.

• New tech increased crop yields and the demand for labor causing a urban ro rural migration.

• New tech increased crop yields, but reduced labor causing urban to rural migration.

• New Tech increased crop yields and the demand for labor casuing major rural to urban migration.