Georgia Studies Review on units 5-9

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

Rules used to take away African Americans right to vote

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

The bloodiest single day battle of the American Civil War

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

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

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

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

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

Group of three wealthy men that led the Georgia Democrats

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

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

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

Laws passed to establish segregation among black and white citizens.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Deal Programs

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

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

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 African Americans should form organizations in the fight against discrimination

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

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

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

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

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