GA Studies Spring Interim

Why was WEB DuBois seen as the intellectual opposite of Booker T Washington?

• DuBois believed African Americans should violently resist oppressive laws while Washington didn't.

• Washington believed in the promotion of the talented tenth while Dubois believed in hard work for equal rights immediately.

• Dubois believed in practicing nonviolent methods while Washington believed in violent resistance.

• Dubois believed African Americans should actively seek civil rights while Washington believed that they should gradually be granted rights.

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

• They were opposed to changing anything in the South.

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

• They were unhappy he focused on industry not agriculture.

• They were convinced his newspapers covered their movement unfairly.

What effect did Plessy V Ferguson have on US society?

• Racial segregation of public facilities was permitted by the Court.

• Publicly funded universities were forced to integrate.

• Taxes were increased to pay for new schools for African Americans.

• Discrimination in private businesses was outlawed.

How did the 1906 Atlanta Riot of 1906 MOST affect race relations in Georgia?

• It led to biracial committee to end violence

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

• It led to reforms, which resulted in Atlanta earning the name "jewel of the South."

• It led to increasing segregation and oppression of African Americans in GA.

Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of Jim Crow laws during the Reconstruction period?

• To keep African Americans from becoming equal and try to keep things as they were before the abolition of slavery.

• to provide African Americans with better access to social services

• to force former slaves to work as indentured servants in order to find housing for their families.

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

How did the Supreme Court justify its ruling of the case of Plessy V Ferguson?

• The court argued that the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was meant to keep African Americans from achieving equality.

• The Court argued that Equal Protection Clause in constitution applied to gender discrimination.

• African Americans were given political rights under the 14th & 15th amendment, not social rights.

• The Court argued that the violence would result from desegregation would hurt the country as a whole.

What was the long term impact of the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) on Georgia?

• It allowed young men to be employed through WWII?

• It allowed young men in GA to by property.

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

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

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

• He needed a more secure location during WWII.

• He came to Warm Springs to improve his health because he had polio.

• He wanted to encourage the spread of REA.

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

What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act?

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

• It was intended to find military bases.

• It allowed FDR and pro-war members of Congress to support Allies without formally entering the war.

• It was intended to warn the Japanese that any attempts to attack Hawaii would e responded to w/overwhelming force.

Which two statements about Atlanta under Hartsfield and Allen, Jr are correct?

• They expanded and improved infrastructure.

• African Americans gained important civil rights.

• Major businesses moved headquarters out of the city.

• Corruption caused public opinion of the government to decline.