Georgia Studies Review on units 5-9

Main Confederate general; surrendered to the Union at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865

Civil Rights leader that used a non-violent approach to ending racial segregation

Voting method that gave rural areas more power in GA than larger urban counties

Rules used to take away African Americans right to vote

New political party which opposed slavery (Created prior to Civil War)

U.S. Supreme Court case/decision that ruled that segregation to be unconstitutional (illegal)

Student organization founded to help black citizens register to vote and led protests

Elected governor of Georgia in 1942 first governor to serve a four year term of office

Laws passed to establish segregation among black and white citizens.

1. Forced labor; provided most of the labor in the south during Antebellum

France, Russia, Great Britain, Belgium, Serbia and the United States were the __ Powers in WWI.

1. belief that the interests of a state take precedence over the national government.

Under this system only white citizens were allowed to vote in primary elections

Post World War II a transformation of __ ;synthetic fibers lessened the need for cotton

One of the first black men to win election to Georgia’s General Assembly in 1867

Segregationist GA governor that promised unsuccessfully to bring back the white primaries

Group of three wealthy men that led the Georgia Democrats

Name given to the killing of 6 million Jews and 5-6 million other “undesirables” by Hitler

Economic crisis in the United States from 1929 until the start of WWII

Racial violence between white and black citizens in 1906 began as a result of false accusations

Educator and Pres. of Morehouse College mentored Martin Luther King, Jr. while at Morehouse

An agreement b/w the northern & southern states. (CA is free state, NM and UT vote on slavery)

New political party that was formed during the New South supported farmers, African Americans.

The bloodiest single day battle of the American Civil War

Two events/causes were the reasons the United States entered WWI (two correct answers)

The Atlanta Braves, Hawks, and Falcons are all examples provide additional tax money

Believed African Americans should form organizations in the fight against discrimination

Attack against a U.S. naval base in Hawaii by the empire of Japan on December 7, 1941

Served as mayor of Atlanta from 1937-1961 (6 terms; longer than any other mayor)

New Deal Programs

Insect that destroyed large amounts of cotton grown on southern farms in the 1920's

Political change where more Repub. candidates won election in Georgia than any previous time

Northern strategy; cut off southern ports to keep the south from exporting and importing goods

Served 25 consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1914 to 1965

Term that refers to redrawing the boundaries of election districts

Believed education for African Americans was the key to obtaining social and political equality