WorksheetsSpring Interim review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Why was W.E.B. Dubois seen as Booker T Washington's intellectual opposite?
Dubois believed violence was the answer to overturn oppressive laws.
Washington believed in promotion of a talented tenth while Dubois beleived in working for equality.
DuBois believed in the practice of non-violent civil disobedience while Washington believed in violent protest.
DuBois believed in actively seeking civil rights while Washington believed in gradually working for rights.
Why did Tom Watson and the Populist MOST criticize Henry Grady?
They were opposed to changing anything in the South.
They were angry about how he favored Atlanta over their cities,
The were unhappy he focused on industry.
They were convinved his newspaper covered their movement unfairly.
What effect did Plessy V Ferguson have on US Society particularly in the South?
Racial Segregation of public facilities was permitted by the court.
Publicly funded universities were forced to admit African Americans.
Taxes were increased to pay for new schools.
Discrimination in private businesses was outlawed.
How did the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot affect race relations in GA?
It led to a biricial committee to help end the violence.
It led to the passage of Plessy V Ferguson Supreme Court decision.
It led to reforms which earned Atlanta the title the jewel of the New South.
It led to increasing segregation and oppression of African American in GA?
Which best describes the purpose of the Jim Crow laws?
to keep African Americans from becoming equal and to keep things similar to slavery.
to provide African Americans with better access to social services.
to force former slaves to work as indentured servants.
to provide funding for the construction of factories in the South provideing more jobs.
How did the Supreme Court justify Plessy V Ferguson?
They argued the the Civil Rights act of 1875 was meant to keep African Americans from gaining equality.
It argued the Equal Protection Clause in the Constitution only applied to gender discrimination.
It argued that the 14th and 15th amendments gave polticial, but not social rights to African Americans.
It argued that violence would result from forcing desegregation and would hurt the country as a whole.
What was the long term impact of the CCC on Georgia?
It kept young men empployed through WWII.
It allowed young men to save money to buy property.
It built and improved state parks such as Chickamauga and Hard Labor Park.
It desegregated work groups and encouraged the state civil rights movement.
Why did FDR establish a second home on Warm Springs, GA?
He needed a more secure location to stay during WWII.
He wanted to encourage the spread of electrical service in the Southern States.
He came to Warm Springs in the hopes the springs would improve his health becasue of his polio.
He believed that having a residence in the South would increase his chances for re-election.
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act?
Congress passed it as part of the formal end of neutrality in WWII.
It was intended to secure military bases in Europe in case the US went to war.
It allowed FDR and pro-war members of Congress to support the Allies withut formally joining the war.
It was intended to warn the Japanese that any attempts of attack would be responsed to with extreme force.
How did new agricultural technologies impact the population demographics of the South?
New tech increased crop yeilds but reduced the demand for labor causing a rural to urban migration.
New tech increased crop yields and the demand for labor causing a urban ro rural migration.
New tech increased crop yields, but reduced labor causing urban to rural migration.
New Tech increased crop yields and the demand for labor casuing major rural to urban migration.
The Sibley Commission discovered most Georgians...
wanted integrated public school system
supported cutting of state funds to segregated schools
refused to integrate the public schools without a court order
were willing to close public schools rather integrate.
What decision was the Sibley Comission supposed to help Governor Earnest Vandiver Jr make?
whether to comply with the federal governments mandates to desegrate.
whether to end the white primary system to entice minorities to play a greater role in state politics
whether to reinstate African American legislators who had been removed from the General Assembly
whther to abolish poll taxes and literacy test as requirements for state and local voting
How did Georgians become the state with the third largest film industry in the US?
The government funded contruction of the advanced sound studios.
The government funded the creation of the film schools at state indutries.
The government created ta incentives to encourage studios to film in the state.
The government raised the state minimum wage to attract more silled workers.
How did the 1996 Olympics affect the city of Atlatna? (Select TWO that apply)
They caused a population decline.
The traffic concerns decreased.
They promoted economic growth.
City businesses suffered due to indreased consumption.
The city improved infrastructure.
In entrepreneurship the risk of innovation is MOST balanced with
the investment of research
the potential for profit
the staffing of a business
the stress of organization
Which BEST descibes why an entrepreneur MIGHT focus on innovation to reduce the cost of providing goods and services?
because an entrepreneur must try to improve product quality and service
because an entrepreneur must reduce risks to avoid a loss and make a profit
because an entrepreneur must generate employees dedication to support the business
because an entrepreneur must correct earlier business errors to ensure future business ventures
How were Mayor Hartsfield and Mayor Allen alike?
They both brought sports team to Atlanta.
They both improved transportation and supported civil rights.
They both moved the capital to Augusta.
They both helped bring the movie industry to GA
Goods manufactured in GA and sent through the ports in Savannah and Brunswick are transported there by...
GA's canal system
Hartsfield-Jackson Airport
Steamboats and barges
railroads and interstate highway
BEST way the purpose of the Freedman's bureau differed from the KKK.
It was designed to assist formerly enslaved people
It was designed to help poor whites and enslaved people after Civil War.
It was designed to provide land and voting rights to all freed people
It was designed to protect formerly enslaved people from the violence of the KKK.
Under Johnson's Reconstruction plan , which of the following must happen to the former Confederate states do to be readmitted to the Union?
pay reparations
abolish slavery and repeal secession ordinance
elect African American legislatures to government
Pass the 13th, 14th and 15th amenments
What are the goals of the Freedman's Bureau?
to arrest the KKK
create a social club for former Confederate soldiers
provide food for the poor, establish schools and hospitals,
to prevent soldiers from running for office and arrest the KKK.
The Yazoo Land Act of 1795sold much of modern Mississippi to land development companies. It was passed by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor. Which additional factor MOST contributed to public opposition.
the land was worth more
supported a Senator that was opposed to the deal
General Assembly members were bribed to pass act
the land lottery system was fairer
The GA Platform....
replaced Compromise of 1850
represented the complete agreement of term of the Compromise of 1850
it was meant to dismantle the Union
it represented conditional support of the Compromise if the Fugitive Slave Act would be enforced
Main effect of blockade on GA's coast during the Civil War?
Allowed private blockade runners to become wealthy
interrupted supply lines and seriously disadvantaged Southern soldiers
encouraged Britain and France to join war
maintained pressure on Savannah for Sherman's March
What benefit does GA gain for national and international companies?
residents of GA share a collective sense of pride
the financial success impacts GA i increased tax revenues and employment
residents of GA feel compelled to move to other states
as businesses become more successful. they look for new states to headquarter
