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WorksheetsGeorgia Studies Units 6,7, and 8 Study Guide
Total questions: 82
Worksheet time: 41mins
Joseph E. Brown, William H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon are known as the
Bourbon Triumvirate
Three Horsemen
The Democratic Trinity
Carpetbaggers
Henry Grady used his newspaper, The Atlanta Journal, to promote the "New South", which was based on
New industry, racial harmony, and crop diversification
Railroads, racial harmony, and cotton farming
Segregation, the convict-lease system, and crop diversification
Racial violence, Jim Crow laws, and cotton farming
The main goal of the Bourbon Triumvirate was to increase
Industry
Railraods
the profits for poor farmers
the political power of the Republican party
Tom Watson broke away from the Democratic party and joined the Populist party because he wanted to help
Poor farmers
Wealthy landowners
Wealthy bussinessmen
Powerful lawmakers
The purpose of the International Cotton Exposition was to
Show off Atlanta's industry and farming developments
Show off Atlanta's racial equality and unity
Show off Atlanta's new gold domed capital building
Show off Atlanta's new transportation systems
Which event showed that Henry Grady's "New South" idea of racial harmony was a lie?
The 1906 Riot
The Leo Frank Trial
The International Cotton Exposition
Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise" speech
Which event cause the KKK to be rejuvenated as the "Knights of Mary Phagan"?
The 1906 Riot
The Leo Frank Trial
The International Cotton Exposition
W.E.B. DuBois's book, "The Soul of Black Folks"
Born a slave in Social Circle, Georgia
Owner of The Crystal Palace
Founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company
Became the wealthiest African-American in Georgia
Alonzo Herndon
Booker T. Washington
Homer Plessy
W.E.B. DuBois
Henry Grady, the spokesperson of the New South, believed that the South could compete with the North economically if
The South invested more in factories and grew crops other than cotton
The South used the convict-lease system to rebuild railroads and produce cotton
The South invested more in education and eliminated Jim Crow Laws
The South produced more raw materials for the North to use in their factories.
How was the "New South" similar to the South before the Civil War?
Racial inequality
Democrats held political power
Reliance on industry
Reliance on mining and railroads
How was the "New South" was different from the South before the Civil War because there was a shift towards
Industries, mining, and railoads
cotton farming, racial equality, and Democrats leading government
Factories, Republicans leading government, and Jim Crow laws
Farming diversification, racial equality, and Republicans leading govenment
What was the purpose of the International Cotton Expositions that were promoted by Henry Grady?
To show off the South's new technologies and uses for it's natural resources
To show to the world how Jim Crow laws were creating racial harmony.
To show to the North that the South was still heavily dependent on producing cotton
To showcase early civil rights leaders, like Booker T. Washington
+ African-American refuses to move from the "white section" of a train car.
+ The U.S. Supreme Court says that it is legal to segregate as long as the facilities are, "separate, but equal".
+ Allows the South to use Jim Crow laws to segregate all aspects of society.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Leo Frank Case
Brown v. Board of Education
Which of the following are methods of disenfranchisment
Poll tax
Literacy Test
Voter registration drives
Voter call outs
What was the immediate cause of the Race Riot of 1906?
News stories about African-Americans attacking white women
News about the murder of Mary Phagan
Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise" speech
Which early civil rights leader believed that African-Americans should work hard and eventually they would gain equality?
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Alonzo Herndon
Homer Plessy
Which early civil rights leader believed that African-Americans should demand immediate equality through active protests?
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Alonzo Herndon
Homer Plessy
The African-American businessman that was born a slave, but used his trade as a barber to build his wealth until he was millionaire was
Alonzo Herndon
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Homer Plessy
Leo Frank was convicted of murdering Mary Phagan largely because the jury was biased against him. What attitude the jury have towards Leo Frank?
Antisemetism
White Supremacy
Anti-Republican
Anti-Carpetbagger
What idea of the "Old South" did the Bourbon Triumvirate believe in?
White Supremacy
Economic dependence on cotton
Economic diversity in industry and agriculture
Lower taxes and strong education
Who was the president that had a laissez-faire attitude toward the recovery of the Great Depression ?
Eisenhower
Jefferson
Hoover
Roosevelt
The average citizen helped the war effort by
quarantining flu victims & forming militias
growing victory gardens and buying war bonds
housing soldiers in their homes & making ammunition
-speculating in the stock market
-overproducing farm products
-overproducing industrial products
These events led to
What event forced the United States to enter World War II?
Germany's invasion of Poland
Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan's attack on China
Germany's invasion of France
How did President Roosevelt try and help Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union before the United States declared war on Germany?
The Lend-Lease Act
The New Deal
Naval Blockades
Housing Prisoners of War
What is the best explanation why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?
Japan wanted to surprise and destroy the U.S. Navy in the Pacific ocean so it would expand it's Empire
The United States had already declared war on Germany and Japan and Japan wanted to attack first
Japan was responding to threats made by the United States Navy
Japan was following orders from Germany to attack the U.S. Navy
Like during World War I, one of Georgia's main contributions to the World War II war effort was
Training troops at military bases throughout the state
Helping develop the atomic bomb
Producing fabric for soldier's uniforms
Training African-American pilots at the Tuskegee Institute
Due to demand for workers in factories during the war, which part of the population was employed in large numbers for the first time?
Women
African-American Men
Children
The elderly
What was the name of the factory that opened in Marietta, GA and brought industry to Cobb County for the first time?
Bell Bomber
Boeing Aircraft
Rolls Royce Engines
Northrop Bomber
How did the cities of Savannah and Brunswick Georgia benefit from World War II?
The shipyards and ports employed hundreds of workers to help build Naval ships
The cities became major training centers for the Army.
They became centers for building bombers
They became major training centers for the Air Force
The U.S. Senator from Georgia that helped get 15 military bases built in Georgia
Richard B. Russell
Carl Vinson
Herman Talmadge
William B. Hartsfield
The U.S. Representative from Georgia that was a supporter of the "two ocean Navy", which led to increased shipbuilding
Carl Vinson
Richard B. Russell
Ivan Allen, Jr.
William B. Hartsfield
The extremely popular mayor that worked to develop Atlanta as a major air travel (Aviation) center and called Atlanta, "The city to busy to hate".
William B. Hartsfield
Ivan Allen, Jr.
Eugene Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Who died to create the Three Governor's Episode after the election of 1946?
Eugene Talmadge
Herman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Melvin Thompson
How did TECHNOLOGY (machines) impact Georgia's farming population?
Fewer farmers were needed, so many farmer left rural areas and moved to cities in search of factory jobs.
More farmers were needed to maintain their equipment, so many people left the cities to work on farms
Farmers were able to plant and harvest larger farms, which meant small farmers were put out of business
Small farmers were able to be more successful than ever before
The Atlanta Mayor that took down "colored" signs in city hall and desegregated the cafeteria on his first day.
Ivan Allen, Jr.
William B. Hartsfield
Eugene Talmadge
Herman Talmadge
The Atlanta Mayor that was responsible for bringing major league sports teams (Baseball, Football, and Basketball) to Atlanta.
Ivan Allen, Jr.
William B. Hartsfield
Ellis Arnall
Herman Talmadge
Who was allowed to vote after the white primary was declared illegal?
African-Americans
Women
Whites that were 18 years old
Republicans
What happened to Georgia's farms after World War II?
They got larger in size
They got smaller in size
What happened to the number of farms in Georgia after World War II?
The number of farms increased
The number of farms decreased
Who called themselves Georgia's Governor during the Three Governor's Episode?
Herman Talamadge
Ellis Arnall
Melvin Thompson
William B. Hartsfield
Who was declared Governor of Georgia by the Georgia Supreme Court, ending the Three Governor's Episode?
Lieutenant Governor, Melvin Thompson
Eugene Talmadge's son, Herman Talmadge
Former Governor, Ellis Arnall
Former Atlanta Mayor, William B. Hartsfield
Ivan Allen, Jr. and William B. Hartsfield are both known as
Progressive Atlanta mayors that supported Civil Rights and equality
Segregationists Governors that supported transportation and economic development
Conservative Congressmen that resisted the Civil Rights Movement
The Supreme Court decision that declared "separate but equal" school unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Worchester v. Georgia
Dred Scott v. Sanford
How did Georgia react to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?
By changing the state flag
By closing its public schools
By desegregating as quickly as possible
By using the national guard to keep African American students out of white only schools
The Governor of Georgia ordered the Sibley commission to find out how Georgians wanted to handle desegregating public schools. What did the commission find out?
That 60% of Georgians wanted to close public school rather than integrate.
That 70% of Georgians wanted to desegregate as quickly as possible
That Georgians were divided 50-50 about desegregating
That only 10% of Georgians had strong feeling about refusing the integrate schools
When did Georgia remove the Confederate Battle flag from the official state flag?
2001
1965
1971
1989
Most recognized leader of the Civil Rights Movement, leader of the SCLC, gave the "I have a dream" speech
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
John Lewis
Andrew Young
Maynard Jackson
The Civil Rights organization that was made up mainly of religious leaders and older adults, was known for nonviolent protests, and its leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
The Nation of Islam
The Rainbow Coalition
The Civil Rights organization made up of college and high school students that we known for their non-violent sit-ins, freedom rides, and desegregating lunch counters/restaurants.
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
The Black Panthers
The Brotherhood of Non-violence
Leader of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, leader of the Selma March, current U.S. Representative from Georgia
John Lewis
Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr.
Maynard Jackson
Andrew Young
The unsuccessful attempt by SNCC and the SCLC to desegregate the most segregated city in Georgia
Albany Movement
Sibly Movement
March on Washington
Bloody Sunday
When 250,000 people assembled on the Washington Mall to hear the "I have a dream" speech to support the Civil Rights Act
The March on Washington
The Million Man March
The Albany Movement
The Washington Movement
Why did Lester Maddox protest and resist the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
He would be forced to integrate his restaurant, the Pick Rick
He did not protest
He used it to gain popularity so that he could be governor
He wanted to keep African Americans from getting jobs with the government
How did Lester Maddox surprise his supporters once he became Governor of Georgia?
He hired more African Americans to government jobs than all other Georgia Governors combined
He openly supported Civil Rights leaders
He agreed to take the Confederate battle flag off of the State Flag.
He organized a large memorial services for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
First African-American major of a major southern city, worked to expand the airport, provided city contracts to minority businesses
Maynard Jackson
Andrew Young
John Lewis
Jimmy Carter
First African-American Congressman from Georgia since Reconstruction, close friend of MLK, Jr., helped bring business investments and the 1996 Olympics to Atlanta.
Andrew Young
Maynard Jackson
Jimmy Carter
John Lewis
First and only U.S. President from Georgia, best known for his humanitarian and human rights work, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Jimmy Carter
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Andrew Young
John Lewis
How did the city of Atlanta benefit from the 1996 Olympics?
Infrastructure was improved before the Olympics came
Businesses moved to Atlanta and tourism increased
Schools were renovated
People living in poor areas of Atlanta were relocated for free
What is the major benefit to expanding the Savannah Harbor?
Larger ships can dock there, which means more income and jobs
More tourist will come to Savannah to see the larger ships come in
Larger ships means that there will be less boat traffic on the Savannah River
The deeper river will be safer for marine animals
Why has the film industry been attracted to filming in Georgia?
Georgia has many types of filming sites (large cities, small towns, rural farms, mountains, beaches, etc.)
Georgia gives film companies tax incentives/tax breaks to film here
Locations like New York and Los Angeles are to difficult to travel through
Georgia has become a home for several big movie stars and they want to work closer to home
Communities like Stone Mountain, Tybee Island, Kennesaw, Blue Ridge, and Atlanta all depend on visitors to support which industry?
Tourism industry
Agriculture industry
Film industry
Shipping industry
How did the 1996 Olympic games change the population of Atlanta and Georgia in general?
Georgia's population increased and Atlanta became a more diverse city
Georgia's population decreased and Atlanta became a more diverse city
Georgia's population increased, but Atlanta remained a largely white and black population
Georgia's population decreased and Atlanta remained a more divided white and black population
