Unit 9 Test Review

What was the primary impact of the modernization of agriculture after 1945?

• Better farm machinery caused people from cities to move to rural areas so they could farm.
• . Fewer farm laborers were needed, so many people migrated to the cities.
• Although farm machinery improved, the demand for farm labor remained the same.

Between WWI through WWII, many people left agricultural jobs to seek better opportunities in

• railroads
• international business
• industry
• farming

Which statement BEST explains how technology changed farming after WWII?

• Farmers used more technology so it created a need for more farm workers.

• Farmers used more technology so it decreased the need for farm workers.

• Farmers used more technology and went deeper and deeper into debt.

• Farmers used more technology but found it was not helpful so went back to pre-war farming styles.

The map shows the population density of Georgia. Population Density shows where most of the population lives. Using the map, what does it show you about the city of Atlanta?

• ATL has the highest population, showing the population shifting to cities

• ATL has the lowest population, showing the population shifting to cities

• ATL has the lowest population, showing the population shifting to rural areas

• ATL has the highest population, showing the population shifting to rural areas

categorize each mayor

Groups:

(a) William B Hartsfield

,

(b) Ivan Allen Jr

,

(c) Both

• motto "city too busy to hate"

• established ATL's first airport

• Worked with MLK jr

• supported civil rights movement

• tripled the size of ATL

• desegregated city hall

• improved infrastructure of ATL

• brought sports teams to ATL

Eugene Talmadge will be elected governor in the 1946 gubernatorial election (governor's election). Once he died, what happened next?

• his son Herman became governor

• Melvin and Herman claimed the governorship

• Melvin Thompson became governor

• the was a re-election for governor

How did the voters of Georgia slow down and possibly stall the civil rights movement in the mid-1940s?

• With the election of Jimmy Carter as United States President and his poor record on human rights.

• By nominating William Hartsfield as Atlanta’s mayor, he did not directly support the movement.

• Including Lester Maddox on the Georgia political platform in 1945 hurt the movement’s progress.

• Electing Eugene Talmage as governor, he might restate the White Primary.

• The Atlanta Riots of 1948 reversed civil rights progress in the surrounding Atlanta area

What was the purpose of the Sibley Commission?

• To study the problem of school integration in GA

• To study how to maintain school segregation in GA

• To study how to block US Court orders for GA

• To study how to disenfranchise Black voters in GA

The ​ (a)   discovered that ​ (b)   would rather ​ (c)   schools, than ​ (d)   them.

• Sibley Commission
• Georgians
• close
• integrate
• Americans
• open
• segregate

What TWO ways did the Georgia government respond to Brown v Board of Education?

• integrated public schools

• changed the state flag

• created the sibley commisoin

• appealed the court case