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Final for 2013
Mrs. Frost Final Test Preparation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the responsibility of the Legislative Branch in the state of Georgia? | to discuss and vote on bills that will become law |
| Most of the work done in the legislative branch is done in the | Committees |
| Which branch in Georgia's Government employs the most Georgia State workers? | Executive |
| What is the most important responsibility of the executive branch? | enforcing the laws of Georgia |
| What is the most important responsibility of the judicial branch? | to make sure laws passed by the Legislative and signed by Governor are constitutional |
| Which higher court in the judicial court system is connected to the Juvenile Courts? | Superior |
| The main difference between a misdemeanor and a felony is | amount of fine, sentence, or both |
| All of the following were part of the Bourbon Triumvirate except for | Tom Watson |
| The only party with power in the state of Georgia was the _____________ party. This party was split into the Bourbons and the Independents. | Democratic |
| Rebecca Felton worked to promote one idea and worked against the use of something else. What pair are these? | For Suffrage, Against Alcohol (Temperance) |
| What idea did Henry Grady speak about and write about to promote the economics of GA? | New South |
| The Felton's and other Independent Democrats worked to change laws that had to do with child labor, Convict Lease System and education they did not work against_________. | Jim Crow Laws |
| Tom Watson pushed the ____law through the US Congress to give farmers and rural residents free mail delivery. | RFD |
| which voter representative system was used in GA after Reconstruction and through most of the 20th Century? | County Unit System |
| Jim Crow laws kept blacks and whites separate in trains, theatres, and restaurants but did not separate the races in ___________. | Prisons |
| Which Supreme Court case made Jim Crow laws legal in America? | Plessy V Ferguson |
| What did the Supreme Court ruling (Plessy) say about segregation? | Separate but Equal |
| Which prison system used after Reconstruction was a way to use previous slaves to build the economy of GA? | Convict Lease System |
| Which trial in Atlanta was about a murder of a young girl in a pencil factory? | Leo Frank Trial |
| Which Early Civil Rights leader was a college president at one of the first Black Colleges in Atlanta? | John Hope |
| Which Early Civil Rights leader is credited with the idea of the Talented Tenth? | W. E. B. DuBois |
| What was the main idea of the Talented 10th? | top 10 percent of educated African Americans would share knowledge with other 90%. |
| the Niagara Movement changed America by starting a new organization in 1909 called the | NAACP |
| Which Atlanta Mayor is credited with the initial building of the Atlanta Airport? | Hartsfield |
| Ivan Allen, Jr. kept the city of Atlanta calm during this time of unrest in the city. | Civil rights movement |
| Who never participated in Black Power riots or demonstrations? | Dr. King |
| The first state income tax was enacted by this governor for use in education in the state. | H. Talmadge |
| Farmers who own some or all of their equipment and animals but no land are called _______. | Tenant farmers |
| Which 3 men claimed to be governor at the same time? | H. Talmadge, M. Thompson, E. Arnall |
| What are the 3's P's of GA Agriculture? | Peanuts, pecans, peaches |
| Which two regions are most important as agricultural areas in GA? | Piedmont and Coastal Plains |
| This legislation gave education and training opportunities to vets from the 20th Century Wars. | G. I. Bill |
| What is another name for October 29, 1929? | Black Tuesday |
| What Georgia crop, devastated by an insect, falling prices, and prolonged drought saw a rapid decline from 1915-1930? | Cotton |
| During the Depression, President Roosevelt promised he to provide this for every American and himself. | New Deal |
| Farmers who own nothing but know how to farm are called __________________. | Sharecroppers |
| There were several New Deal programs we studied, which one helped farmers? | AAA |
| Which Georgia governor like Roosevelt at first but then saw him as a threat? | E. Talmadge |
| What was the average Americans role in created the Great Depression? | They charged too much on credit |
| What effectively ended the Great Depression? | WWII |
| Which Georgia town did President Roosevelt visit to find comfort for his polio? | Warm Springs |
| Gov. E. Talmadge called this president a socialist and disagreed with his Great Depression recovery policies. | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Which word means a nation's policy of extending its boundaries? | Expansionism |
| Which event brought America into WWII? | bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1940 |
| Which city's bus line was affected by the 1955 Bus Boycott? | Montgomery |
| Which organization was Rosa Parks an officer for before her arrest? | NAACP |
| Which two men most directly influenced Dr. King's life? | Gandhi and Mays |
| Which two decades saw the greatest changes in the Civil Rights Movement? | 1950's 1960's |
| This organization was founded by Dr. King to promote leadership in the civil rights movement. | SCLC |
| What Supreme Court case prompted the GA Legislature to change the state flag? | Brown V Board |
| He was a mentor to Dr. King and wrote "Seeking to be Christian in Race Relations". | Dr. Ben Mays |
| Which governor worked to integrate Georgia's public schools peacefully? | Vandiver |
| Which group, working for Gov. Vandiver helped decrease resistance to integrating schools? | Sibley Commission |
| When the County Unit System was found to be unconstitutional, GA elections finally saw | A Two Party System |
| What event began the Civil Rights Movement in 1954? | Brown V. Board |
| Which movement was developed to end all types of segregation in Albany, GA? | Albany Movement |
| The Goals of the March on Washington were Fair Voting, Fair Education and Employment and ____. | Meaningful Civil Rights Laws |
| Because of her arrest in December, 1955, a bus boycott started the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama. | Rosa Parks |
| What were the young men and women, black and white who rode segregated buses from the north to the south called? | Freedom Riders |
| What is the smallest geographic region in GA? | Appalachian Plateau |
| What mineral, Found on the fall line, has one of the most important benefits for GA? | Kaolin |
| Which region is mostly know for agriculture, deep water ports, the Okefenokee Swamp and naval stores? | Coastal Plains |
| Which two types of seasons define GA Climate? | Mild winters, Long Humid summers |
| Atlanta has 3 major modes of transportation; interstate highways, international airport, and railroads, BUT it does NOT have | Deep water ports |
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