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Unit 10 "New South"
Term | Definition |
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Which voting qualification was designed to prevent African Americans from voting? | literacy test |
Why did Georgia's adopt such policies as the grandfather clause and white primary during the 1900's? | To stop blacks from voting |
What Georgia case tested the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson? | Cummings v. Richmond county Board of Education |
Homer Plessy sat in the "whites only" car on a train because he wanted | To test the legality of a law requiring separate-but-equal facilities |
Plessy v. Ferguson gave states the right to promote | segregation |
What became legal under Plessy v. Ferguson | Segregation |
What was the purpose of the "Jim Crow" or segregation laws passed by Georgia's government at the turn of the century? | To continue white control |
Who called Georgia's civil rights laws "barbarous"? | Henry McNeal Turner |
Which piece of legislation allowed less populated counties in Georgia to have the same or greater power and influence in the General Assembly as the more populated counties? | Neil primary act |
What was a positive aspect of the county unit system? | It allowed less populated areas to have the same political powers as larger populated areas |
Who benefited from the county unit system? | rural areas |
The county unit system affected voting on politics in Georgia by | Giving the rural areas more power |
What happened to Leo Frank after his trial? | He was taken from jail and lynched |
The racial unrest brought about by the Leo Frank case resulted in the creation of a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, which called itself the knights of | Mary Phagean |
The murder trial of the Leo Frank case resulted in a | Death sentence |
Which was one result of the Atlanta race riot of 1906? | Martial law was declared, 18 blacks were killed, and hundreds of people were injured. |
How long did the Atlanta race riot of 1906 last? | 48 hours |
the immediate cause of the riot that occurred in Atlanta in 1906 was | Articles of black violence against whites |
Rebecca latimer Felton did not support the | convict lease movement |
When Rebecca latimer Felton wrote for the Atlanta journal, she focused on the need for reforms in | the prison system |
What was Tom Watson's greatest accomplishment? | a bill requiring rural mail delivery |
What group was supported by Tom Watson, a Georgia populist | Farmers |
The populist party in Georgia was the party of | Small farmers |
What Georgia populist leaders called on black and white farmers to unit in an effort gain fair treatment from the state and national governments | Tom Watson |
The main purpose of the international cotton exposition that was held in Atlanta was too | Showcase the industries of the New South |
What Georgia leader coined the phrase "New South"? | Henry Grady |
The New south, envisioned by henry Grady, would | Rival the North economically |
Which Georgian and his achievement are matched correctly? | Henry Grady-editor of the Atlanta Constitution |
As the leader of the New South movement what was Henry Grady supporting? | Northern investment in Southern industry |
Which description best explains how the Bourbon Triumvirate might have described the Redemption period? | A blending of the new and the old , keeping old southern traditions while building new traditions around industries to rival the North |
In 1920 the 19th amendment to the U.S. constitution was ratified. How did this amendment change the makeup of those who could vote in Georgia? | It allowed women to vote |
Who were the entrepreneurs who founded the hope depot warehouse stores? | Bernie Macus and Arthur Blank |
What factor lease contributes to the success of an entrepreneur? | Family money |
Which word is an antonym of entrepreneur? | Employee |
A motivating factor for entrepreneur is their desire to | Maximize their profit and gain wealth |
John Pemberton, Truett Cathy, and Ted Turner are all of important Georgia businesses. Another name for the founder of a business is | Entrepreneur |
What two events occurred causing Georgia's and the rest of the South's economies to be weakened long before the beginning of the Great Depression? | Boll Weevil and drought |
The information used by the allied nations to promote their cause and entice the United States to enter World war 1 was called | Propaganda |
What event is celebrated on the 11th hour of the 11th day on the 11th month of the year? | Armistice day |
At which Georgia military installation did infantry train during world war 1 | camp Benning |
What was the final blow that led president Woodrow Wilson to ask congress to declare war against the central powers in World War 1 | The sinking of the Lusitania |
What countries were allies in world war 1 | Britain, France, Russia, and the U.S. |
What business made Alonzo Herndon a successful business man? | Hiring college graduates to run his company |
What business made Alonzo Herndon a successful business man? | Atlanta mutual insurance company |
All of the following organizations were offered by the organization founded by Lugenia Burns Hope except | Remedial education classes |
What organization was founded by Lugenia Burns Hope | Neighborhood union |
Who was the first black president of Atlanta Baptist college | John hope |
To what did the Atlanta Baptist college change its name | Morehouse college |
Which African American leader believed that a talented tenth of the African American population could serve as leaders for all other African americans | W.E.B. Dubois |
What racial issue, opposed by Booker T. Washington, did W.E.B. Dubois support? | Social equality |
What racial issue did Booker T. Washington support? | Economic equality |
What belief did Booker T. Washington not support? | Social equality |
Where is Tuskegee institute, founded by Booker T. Washington, located? | Tuskegee Alabama |