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WorksheetsGA Studies Spring Interim
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
Why was WEB DuBois seen as the intellectual opposite of Booker T Washington?
DuBois believed African Americans should violently resist oppressive laws while Washington didn't.
Washington believed in the promotion of the talented tenth while Dubois believed in hard work for equal rights immediately.
Dubois believed in practicing nonviolent methods while Washington believed in violent resistance.
Dubois believed African Americans should actively seek civil rights while Washington believed that they should gradually be granted rights.
Why did Tom Watson and the Populists MOST criticize Henry Grady?
They were opposed to changing anything in the South.
They were angry about how he favored Atlanta over their cities.
They were unhappy he focused on industry not agriculture.
They were convinced his newspapers covered their movement unfairly.
What effect did Plessy V Ferguson have on US society?
Racial segregation of public facilities was permitted by the Court.
Publicly funded universities were forced to integrate.
Taxes were increased to pay for new schools for African Americans.
Discrimination in private businesses was outlawed.
How did the 1906 Atlanta Riot of 1906 MOST affect race relations in Georgia?
It led to biracial committee to end violence
It led to the passage of Plessy V Ferguson Supreme Court Decision
It led to reforms, which resulted in Atlanta earning the name "jewel of the South."
It led to increasing segregation and oppression of African Americans in GA.
Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of Jim Crow laws during the Reconstruction period?
To keep African Americans from becoming equal and try to keep things as they were before the abolition of slavery.
to provide African Americans with better access to social services
to force former slaves to work as indentured servants in order to find housing for their families.
to provide funding for the construction of factories in the South.
How did the Supreme Court justify its ruling of the case of Plessy V Ferguson?
The court argued that the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was meant to keep African Americans from achieving equality.
The Court argued that Equal Protection Clause in constitution applied to gender discrimination.
African Americans were given political rights under the 14th & 15th amendment, not social rights.
The Court argued that the violence would result from desegregation would hurt the country as a whole.
What was the long term impact of the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) on Georgia?
It allowed young men to be employed through WWII?
It allowed young men in GA to by property.
It built improved state parks such as Chickamauga and Hard Labor Park.
It desegregated work groups and encouraged state civil rights movement.
Why did FDR establish a second home in Warm Springs, GA?
He needed a more secure location during WWII.
He came to Warm Springs to improve his health because he had polio.
He wanted to encourage the spread of REA.
He believed that having a residence in South would increase his chances of re-election.
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act?
Congress passed it as part of a formal end of US neutrality in WWII.
It was intended to find military bases.
It allowed FDR and pro-war members of Congress to support Allies without formally entering the war.
It was intended to warn the Japanese that any attempts to attack Hawaii would e responded to w/overwhelming force.
Which two statements about Atlanta under Hartsfield and Allen, Jr are correct?
They expanded and improved infrastructure.
African Americans gained important civil rights.
Major businesses moved headquarters out of the city.
Corruption caused public opinion of the government to decline.
How did new agricultural technologies affect the population demogrpahics of GA following WWII?
it increased crop yields, but reduced the demand for labor, causing a major rural-to-urban migration.
It increased crop yields and the demand for labor, causing a major urban-to-rural shift.
New technologies increased crop yields but reduced demand for labor, causing a major urban-to-rural migration
New technologies increased crop yields and the demand for labor, causing a major rural-to-urban migration
The Sibley Commission discovered that most Georgians
wanted an integrated public school system
supported cutting off state funds to segregated schools
refused to integrate public schools without a court order.
were willing to close public schools rather than integrate.
This is a flag from 1956-2001. Which of the following about the adoption of this flag are correct?
No Georgia voters opposed the flag with the Confederate battle emblem.
The flag was adopted in response to the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
The flag was adopted in response to the decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
Georgia adopted the flag to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga.
What important decision was the Sibley Commission supposed to help Georgia Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr. make?
whether to comply with the federal government's mandates for Georgia to desegregate.
whether to end the white primary system to enable minorities to play a greater role in state politics
whether to reinstate African American legislators who had been removed from the General Assembly
whether to abolish poll taxes and literacy tests as requirements for voting in local and state elections
How did Georgia become the state with the third largest film industry, trailing only California and New York?
The government funded the construction of advanced sound studios.
The government funded the creation of film schools at state universities.
The government created tax incentives to encourage studios to film in the state.
The government raised the state minimum wage to attract more skilled worker
How did the 1996 Olympic Games affect the city of Atlanta? Select TWO that apply.
They caused a population decline.
The traffic concerns in the city decreased.
They promoted economic growth.
The city improved its infrastructure.
City businesses suffered due to increased competition.
Goods that are manufactured in Georgia for sale in other countries are transported to the Ports of Brunswick and Savannah via
GA's extensive canal system
Hartsfield-Jackson Airport
Savannah River transport on steamboats and barges
railroads and Interstate Highway system
Why are entrepreneurs valuable to our state's economy?
Entrepreneurs use many of the state's natural resources.
Many entrepreneurial businesses fail in the first five years.
Entrepreneurs help the economy by improving services and product quality
Entrepreneurs are not interested in bringing new and innovative products to market
What is one possible cause of failure faced by entrepreneurs seeking to develop a new product and start a business based on that product?
the risk that competing companies will restrict supply to raise prices of the product
the risk that public interest in the product will be lower than expected
the risk that the good will be so popular that the business will need to expand
the risk that the demand for the product will be so high that the price must be increase
In entrepreneurship, the risk of innovation is MOST balanced with
the investment of research
the potential of profit
the staffing of a business
the stress of organization
In Georgia the agricultural industry has a greater economic impact than any other industry. However, unemployment is consistently higher. Why is unemployment in the agricultural industry consistently higher compared to other industries in Georgia, and how does this affect the industry's economic impact on the state economy?
Agricultural work is seasonal which limits the industry's economic impact on the state.
Technological innovations limit the industry's economic impact on the state.
Too many workers have entered the industry which increases the industry's economic impact on the state.
Recent natural disasters have destroyed farm land, both of which limit the industry's economic impact on the state.
Which BEST describes 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 to make a profit
because an entrepreneur must generate employee dedication to and support of the business
because an entrepreneur must correct earlier business errors to ensure future business ventures are profitabl
