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WorksheetsUnit 6 Review Georgia History
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A system of voting used in local and state elections which gave small, rural counties more voting power is the
a)
Bourbon Triumvirate
b)
County Unit System
c)
Legislative Branch
2.
This is the rule that made segregation legal.
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
The Leo Frank case
c)
Brown v. Board of education
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
3.
This man was kidnapped from prison and lynched in Marietta.
a)
Leo Frank
b)
Frank Leo
c)
Alonzo Herndon
d)
Booker T. Washington
4.
Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
William Lloyd Douglas
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
c)
George Washington
d)
Booker T. Washington
5.
Which of the following statements would have been a result of Jim Crow laws?
a)
All men regardless of race were allowed to vote
b)
Anyone born in the United States was a citizen of the United States.
c)
Hiram Revels was the first black person elected to the United States Senate.
d)
Separate schools were established for white children and black children.
6.
-Born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia -Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education -Organized the Tuskegee Institute for agricultural and industrial education
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
Booker T. Washington
7.
The separation of people based upon race or some other characteristic is referred to as?
a)
Assimilation
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Segregation
d)
Desegregation
8.
He believed that African Americans should develop skills to achieve equality and was a proponent of vocational (trade) education.
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois.
9.
He believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans.
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois.
10.
He was born a slave.
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois.
11.
According to Booker T. Washington, what would help African Americans gain equality?
a)
Learning skills and trades
b)
Holding protests and strikes
c)
Attending meetings and elections
d)
Working longer and harder
12.
Which person accepted social separation and believed racial equality could be achieved through vocational education?
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
c)
. W.E.B. Du Bois
d)
William Lloyd Douglas
13.
What was the name of the person who challenged Jim Crow laws by riding in a "whites-only" car on a train in Louisiana?
a)
Thaddeus Stevens
b)
Mark Twain
c)
Homer Plessey
d)
Andrew Johnson
14.
Which Amendment granted citizenship for all people born in the United States?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
18th
15.
Who was Jim Crow?
a)
The President of the Confederate States
b)
The general who signed the armistice at the end of the Civil War
c)
A caricature of an African-American who symbolized segregationist laws
d)
A character in Mark Twain's books about the South
16.
What did the Jim Crow Laws do to help the African American?
a)
They help African Americans get rights
b)
Didn't help African Americans at all
17.
Which amendment banned Slavery for the United States?
a)
10th
b)
12th
c)
13th
d)
14th
18.
Who killed President Abraham Lincoln?
a)
John Boone
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
John Madden
d)
John Smith
19.
This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guaranteed them equal protection under the law....
a)
14th
b)
6th
c)
12th
d)
9th
20.
The Freedmen's Bureau provided what things to the newly freed men and women....
a)
medical supplies
b)
food
c)
legal services
d)
all of the above
21.
True or False. Black men were not allowed to cut white womens/girls hair.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
What was the main purpose of the International Cotton Expositions brought to Georgia by Henry Grady?
a)
Bring visitors to Atlanta
b)
Showcase the Cotton Gin
c)
Bring money to Georgia from foreign investors
d)
To showcase the industries of the New South
23.
What was the immediate cause of the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906?
a)
The killing of a black family
b)
The election of Hoke Smith as mayor
c)
Blacks being denied voting rights
d)
False newspaper stories about violence from blacks against whites
24.
Which of the following were used to disenfranchise black voters in Georgia?
a)
poll taxes, white primaries, literacy tests
b)
voting rights act, poll taxes, women's suffrage
c)
the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
d)
grandfather clauses, white primaries, Nazism
25.
During Reconstruction the 14th Amendment was passed in 1868 guaranteeing that no state could takeaway the rights of United States citizens. In spite of this amendment, Southern states did takeaway black people's rights as citizens. Homer Plessy, a black person, was arrested on a railroadtrain and his case was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. The 1896 court decision in Plessy vFerguson became the legal basis for the next 60 years. The court ruled against Plessy and provided a legal backing for
a)
Poll taxes
b)
Segregation
c)
Slavery
d)
Literacy tests
26.
Which racial issue did W.E.B. DuBois support but Booker T. Washington did not?
a)
Social equality
b)
Religious equality
c)
Political equality
d)
Economic equality
27.
Which of the following did Lugenia Burns-Hope NOT do to help blacks in Atlanta?
a)
Vocational classes
b)
remedial education classes
c)
boys and girls club
d)
financial aid for the needy
28.
What was the “final blow” that led President Wilson to ask Congress to declare war against the Central Powers in World War I?
a)
The Zimmerman Telegram
b)
The sinking of the Lusitania
c)
Anti-German propaganda in the US
d)
The sinking of merchant ships
29.
How did Georgia contribute to WWI?
a)
Providing of 100,000 troops and training camps and bases
b)
Providing cotton for soldiers' uniforms
c)
Planting peaches for war rations
d)
Opening Hartsfield airport to transport soldiers
30.
Jewish man who worked at the National Pencil Company in Atlanta who was convicted of murdering Mary Phagan in 1913; was lynched by a mob in Marietta in 1915 after the governor of Georgia changed Frank’s sentence from the death penalty to life in prison.
a)
Leo Frank
b)
Henry Grady
c)
Tom Watson
d)
Bourbon Triumvirate
31.
A term coined by Henry Grady and used to describe the Southern states after Reconstruction.
a)
Populist
b)
New South
c)
RFD
d)
Progressive
32.
An event held in Atlanta in 1895; it promoted industry and trade and tried to portray the progress made by the South.
a)
International Cotton Exposition
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
New South
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
33.
A political party formed in the late 1800s by labor organizations and the Farmers’ Alliance; led by Tom Watson; known as the People’s Party;
a)
Populist
b)
Democrat
c)
Republican
d)
New Souther
34.
“Spokesman of the New South,” managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s.
a)
Tom Watson
b)
Book T. Washington
c)
Henry Grady
d)
WEB DuBois
35.
First woman to serve in the U.S. senate; writer and campaigner for Progressive Era reforms, especially women’s rights.
a)
Rebbecca Felton
b)
Lugina Hope
c)
Rachel Felton
d)
Rebecca Right
36.
A mass civil disturbance in Atlanta which lasted two days; led to many African American deaths and a few deaths of whites, lots of property was damaged.
a)
Leo Frank Lynching
b)
1906 Atlanta Race Riot
c)
Atlanta Compromise Speech
37.
Born a slave; emancipated; became a barber in Atlanta; became president of Atlanta Mutual Insurance Company; an entrepreneur.
a)
Booker T Washington
b)
Alonzo Herndon
c)
John Hope
d)
WED DuBois
38.
A procedure for political primaries that was used from 1917 to 1962 in which winners were selected by county “unit” votes rather than the statewide popular vote.
a)
Jim Crow
b)
County Unit System
c)
Plessy v Ferguson
39.
Early Civil Rights leader who believed the way to achieve equality was through economic independence; gave famous “Atlanta Compromise” speech where he said, “Cast down your bucket where you are!”
a)
John Hope
b)
Booker T Washington
c)
WED DuBois
d)
Alonzo Herdon
40.
The first African American President of Atlanta University.
a)
John Hope
b)
Alonzo Herndon
c)
WED DuBois
d)
Booker T Washington
41.
Who were the three people apart of the Bourbon Triumvirate?
a)
Brown, Walton, Grady
b)
Brown, Colquitt, Gordon
c)
Gwinett, Hall, Walton
d)
Donaldson, Kinsey, Miller, Scutt
42.
What did Alonzo Herndon start?
a)
ITT Tech
b)
Savannah
c)
Atlanta Life Insurance
d)
Cotton Expositions
43.
What is the name of the person who promoted the "New South"?
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Tom Watson
c)
Leo Frank
d)
Henry Grady
44.
The major racist group in the south was the
a)
KKK
b)
White Southerners
c)
African Americans
45.
What does Disenfranchisement mean?
a)
Make slavery illegal
b)
Take away African Americans right to vote
c)
Take away a franchise
d)
Segregate facilities
46.
What was the purpose of the International Cotton Expo?
a)
Sell Cotton
b)
Expose Cotton
c)
Surrender Atlanta
d)
Show off Atlanta
47.
Who believed that African Americans should pursue education and form organizations to fight against segregation?
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
Alonzo Herndon
c)
Henry Grady
d)
Tom Watson
48.
What were Jim Crow Laws?
a)
Laws that said you must like Jim Crow
b)
Laws that made segregation legal
c)
Laws that made segregation illegal
49.
What University was founded by Booker T. Washington?
a)
UGA
b)
Georgia Tech
c)
Brown University
d)
Tuskegee University
50.
What year was the Atlanta Race Riot?
a)
1776
b)
1861
c)
1906
d)
2015
51.
What couple supported African Americans?
a)
John & Lugenia Burns Hope
b)
Nancy Hart and Her husband
c)
George and Martha Washington
d)
Alonzo Herndon and Rebecca Latimer Felton
52.
Who was the leader of the Populist Party?
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
Leo Frank
c)
Tom Watson
d)
Alonzo Herndon
53.
After Tom Watson died who was the first female senator?
a)
Rebecca Latimer Felton
b)
Lugenia Burns Hope
c)
Nancy Hart
d)
Marry Musgrove
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