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2nd Semester Review

AB
What were fairs that highlighted the state's natural resources to encourage northern industry to the state?international Cotton Expositions
Who was the key person pushing the 'New South' movement to get northern investment and industry to the state?tHenry Grady
What was the first industry to grow after the Civil War?Textile Industry
Who wanted to gain rights for all small farmers, black and white, and gain Rural Free Delivery for the country?Tom Watson.
Who criticized the Bourbons for not taking care of farmers and fought for women't suffrage?Rebecca Latimer Felton
Who was convicted of murder with little evidence and sentenced to death, but the governor converted his sentence to life in prison, and an angry mob drug him from prison and hanged him on the square in Marietta?Leo Frank
What legally separated or segregated black and white facilities and services?Jim Crow laws
What is taking away someone's right to vote or restricting suffrage?Disenfranchisement
What movement began as a response to restricting suffrage?Early Civil Rights Movement
Which early civil rights leader believed economic independence should come before social equality?Booker T.Washington
What early civil rights started the Tuskegee Institute and other educational opportunities?Booker T. Washington
What early civil rights leader thought that life would be better for both white and blacks if they agreed to work together?Booker T. Washinton
Which early civil rights leader believed the only way blacks could gain equality was for the government to enforce full civil rights for all?W.E.B. DuBois
Which early civil rights leader believed political and social equality immediately?W.E.B. DuBois
Who were followers of Dubois' ideas of demanding social equality for all through government enforcement?John Hope & Lugenia Burns Hope
Who was the successful businessman/entrepreneur starting the Atlanta Life Insurance Co., and was a former slave?Alonzo Herndon
What were Georgia's contributions to WWI?About 100,000 men served, military bases for training like Ft. Benning, cotton, food, & tobacco
Why didn't landowners want their sharecroppers to register for the draft during WWI?They didn't want to lose their workers.
What was the impact of the boll weevil?It started in Mexico, came up through Texas and across the South destroying up to 75% of the cotton crop.
What did the government do to help farmers because of the boll weevil,drought, and Great Depression?New Deal program of the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act) which limited the amount of crops and paid farmers not to plant some crops.
What were the four main causes of the Great Depression?Tariffs, Overproduction, Borrowing to buy stocks, Failure of Banks
Why was borrowing to buy stocks a problem?People borrowed more than they could repay.
Why did banks collapse?Banks were not repaid.
What was the main problem farmers had during the Great Depression?They overproduced causing low prices.
What does the AAA, CCC, WPA, REA. TVA, etc. represent?The New Deal Program
What was the REA and what did it do?Rural Electrification Authority helped rural citizens get electricity.
Explain the CCC.Civilian Conservation Corps provided
Explain Pearl Harbor.U.S. Naval base in the Pacific (Hawaii) that Japan attacked, so U.S. declared war on Japan in WWII.
What was the significance of Bell Aircraft?Bell Bomber Plant in Marietta, GA built B-29's in the 1940's for WWII and supplied jobs.
What was the significance of Savannah & Brunswick shipyards?Where Liberty Ships were built to transport our men and supplies during WWII.
Explain what helped GA's economy during wartime (WWII).Bell Aircraft, Savannah & Brunswick shipyards, and military bases supplied jobs for Georgians which stabilized the economy.
Who were the Democratic Congressmen from GA who supported expanding the military?Richard Russell & Carl Vinson



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