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H7, H8,H9

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Populist Party was chiefly composed of

a)

individual farmers

b)

Eastern businessmen

c)

Northern abolitionists

d)

Northern factory owners

2.

In the first half of the 20th century (early 1900s), literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses were passed by the southern states in order to

a)

deny the right to vote to women

b)

end the Reconstruction Era

c)

deny the right to vote to African Americans

d)

help pay for the growing New Deal programs

3.

As members of the Bourbon Triumvirate, Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon all supported bettering the economy. Which is an example of that

a)

expanding the railroad system

b)

high taxes for state residents

c)

shutting down the coal-mining industry

4.

The US Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, determined that segregation was acceptable under the condition that...

a)

all children receive permission to attend the same school

b)

whites receive higher quality facilities and services than blacks

c)

the segregation laws did not spread outside of the Southern states

d)

the separate facilities or services for both races be of equal quality

5.

I was jailed for sitting in the "whites only" section of a rail car; I sued claiming my 14th & 15th Amendment rights had been violated.

a)

Homer Plessy

b)

Alonzo Herndon

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Booker T. Washington

6.

What was the main purpose of Atlanta playing host to the International Cotton Expositions (1881, 1885, 1895)

a)

They hoped to show that Atlanta had many different economic capabilities.

b)

They showed that Georgia was the only choice for buying cotton in the Southeast.

c)

They proved that Atlanta was no longer discriminating against its Black citizens.

d)

They helped to boost Georgia's international image by hosting a series of athletic competitions.

7.

I was editor of the Atlanta Constitution and coined the term "New South".

a)

Tom Watson

b)

Henry Grady

c)

Alonzo Herndon

d)

Leo Frank

8.

What industrial fair highlighted the growth and improvements of Georgia’s textile industry?

a)

International Cotton Exposititon

b)

Cotton Warehouse

c)

Cotton Pickin Fair

d)

Georgia State Fair

9.

Which Georgia senator argued for farmers’ rights, helped pass the Rural Free Delivery Bill, and became the leader of the Populist Party?

a)

Rebecca Latimer Felton

b)

Tom Watson

c)

John Gordon

d)

Booker T. Washington

10.
What organization did DuBois found?
a)
NAACP
b)
Atlanta Life Financial Group
c)
Niagara Group
11.
What does Anti-Semitism mean?
a)
Discrimination against Jews
b)
Discrimination against Northerners
c)
Discrimination against Foreigners
d)
All Choices are correct
12.
One contribution that GA made during WWI was
a)
Ga opened history museums
b)
Ga  provided more military camps than any other state
c)
Ga had more trucks on the interstate than any other state
d)
Ga opened apple factories
13.
 A telegraph sent from Germany to Mexico offering the country the opportunity for an alliance.   
a)
Zimmerman Telegram
b)
Zimmerman Orchard
c)
Zimmerman  Email
d)
Zimmerman Snapchat
14.
The _______________ is an insect whose larva feeds on the cotton plant.  By 1915, this insect migrated to GA and drastically reduced the state's cotton crop.
a)
boll weevil
b)
roach
c)
ant
d)
bee
15.
The destruction of the cotton crop forced Georgians to ________________ their economy.
a)
barter
b)
sell
c)
keep
d)
diversify
16.
 This man was elected president promising to provide a new deal for the American people and an end to the depression.
a)
Tom Brady
b)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
c)
Henry Grady
d)
Herbert Hoover
17.
The New Deal program that  raised the price of farm products by limiting supply.  Farmers were paid to produce less to drive the price up so each farmer made money for their crops.
a)
REA
b)
SSA
c)
AAA
d)
TVA
18.
New deal program that brought electricity to  the rural (country) areas of the U.S.
a)
REA
b)
AAA
c)
SSA
d)
CCC
19.
 What were Roosevelt's ties to Georgia?
a)
 He loved shopping in Savannah ,and honored the fact that James Oglethorpe founded it.
b)
He had polio and visited Warm Springs, GA  for polio therapy because he had paralysis in his legs.
c)
He used GA to run for presidency in 2015.
d)
 He used GA to fight Herman Talmadge in Atlanta on April 8, 1998.
20.
This new deal program created jobs for  young men . Men worked in exchange for housing , food, and money.  Built many of GA's parks, sewer systems, bridges, etc.
a)
CCC
b)
AAA
c)
SSA
21.
Eugene Talmadge was 
a)
opposed to civil rights, was Pro-farmer, opposed to  the New Deal
b)
fought in the civil war, won a nobel peace prize
c)
famous for his presidential speech " O Captain" 
d)
was opposed to farmers
22.
FDR visited his Warm Springs home so often , it became known as the 
a)
The Large White House
b)
The Large house on the hill
c)
The Little House on the hill
d)
The Little White House
23.
Eugene Talmadge strongly opposed Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs.  He felt that the federal government overstepped its boundaries by telling GA how to improve its economy.  He also feared that Roosevelt's New Deal programs would improve the lives of _______ in GA.
a)
blacks
b)
Hispanics
c)
Indians
d)
Caucasians
24.

Who was the president that had a laissez-faire attitude toward the recovery of the Great Depression ?

a)

Eisenhower

b)

Jefferson

c)

Hoover

d)

Roosevelt

25.

The average citizen helped the war effort by

a)

quarantining flu victims & forming militias

b)

growing victory gardens and buying war bonds

c)

housing soldiers in their homes & making ammunition

26.
On what date did the stock market crash?
a)
Oct. 29, 1929
b)
Nov. 26, 1926
c)
Jan. 5, 1905
27.
The __________________  was the longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in the 1900's.
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Depression
c)
Dust Bowl
d)
Civil War
28.
-borrowing more money than could be repaid
-speculating in the stock market
-overproducing farm products
-overproducing industrial products
These events led to
a)
World War II
b)
The Great Society
c)
Hoover's re-election
d)
The Great Depression
29.
The ______________________  of 1929  triggered The Great Depression.
a)
International Cotton Expo
b)
Atlanta Race Riot
c)
stock market crash
d)
New Deal
30.
A long period  of time with little or no rain.
a)
drought
b)
Social Security 
c)
Tsunami
d)
increase