Which development had a significant, positive impact on Georgia’s growth?

1. 
   banjo
   
2. 
   railroad
   
3. 
   civil war
   
4. 
   boll weevil
   

d. Analyze the events that led to the removal of Creeks and Cherokees; include the roles of Alexander McGillivray, William McIntosh, Sequoyah, John Ross, Dahlonega Gold Rush, Worcester v. Georgia, Andrew Jackson, John Marshall, and the Trail of Tears.

1. 
   He informed white settlers about gold on Creek lands.
   
2. 
   He attacked white settlers, forcing them to remove the Creeks.
   
3. 
   He signed a treaty giving Creek lands to the United States.
   
4. 
   His outbursts in court turned Congressmen against the Creeks.
   

1. 
   Brown vs. Board of Education
   
2. 
   The Dred Scott case
   
3. 
   Furman vs. Georgia
   
4. 
   Worcester vs. Georgia
   

1. 
   Alexander McGillivray
   
2. 
   Andrew Jackson
   
3. 
   Alexander Stephens
   
4. 
   Alonzo Herndon
   

a. Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include slavery, states’ rights, nullification, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott case, election of 1860, the debate over secession in Georgia, and the role of Alexander Stephens.

1. 
   nullification
   
2. 
   compromise
   
3. 
   emancipation
   
4. 
   sharecropping
   

1. 
   They are the same event just known by two different names in Georgia.
   
2. 
   Both events were trying to resolve the differences people had over the results of the Dred Scott case.
   
3. 
   The Georgia Platform, which upheld Georgia’s right to slavery, led to a need for the Compromise of 1850.
   
4. 
   It was the Georgia Platform, many believe, that saved the union because it showed southern support for the Compromise of 1850.
   

1. 
   treated like all other citizens.
   
2. 
   considered to be property without rights.
   
3. 
   to be released within the next fifty years.
   
4. 
   able to kept as slaves in every state of the country.
   

1. 
   land lotteries
   
2. 
   states’ rights
   
3. 
   the Townsend Acts
   
4. 
   taxation without representation
   

1. 
   Jefferson Davis
   
2. 
   Alexander Stephens
   
3. 
   Henry McNeal Turner
   
4. 
   Alexander McGillivray
   

b. State the importance of key events of the Civil War; include Antietam, the Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville.

1. 
   Gettysburg
   
2. 
   Antietam
   
3. 
   Andersonville
   
4. 
   Chickamauga
   

1. 
   It was the document that officially ended the war after the Battle of Antietam.
   
2. 
   It was an official statement from the Union banning the practice of slavery.
   
3. 
   It stated voting rights could not be denied based on race.
   
4. 
   It allowed blacks to officially join the Confederate army.
   

1. 
   The blockade delayed or prevented international help from reaching the Confederacy.
   
2. 
   It meant that to end the blockade, most of the Civil War battles would be fought at sea.
   
3. 
   With the blockade, there was no way to retreat from battles so surrender was the only option.
   
4. 
   Union resources were wasted on the ineffective blockade, thus delaying their victory in the war.
   

1. 
   he was able to conduct trade with other countries from this location
   
2. 
   he was able to free all of the Northern prisoners of war on his march
   
3. 
   he disrupted the economy and major infrastructure of the confederacy
   
4. 
   he relocated the northern armies to Savannah, where they finished the war
   

c. Analyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia and other southern states, emphasizing Freedmen’s Bureau; sharecropping and tenant farming; Reconstruction plans; 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution; Henry McNeal Turner and black legislators; and the Ku Klux Klan.

1. 
   nullification and slavery
   
2. 
   blockades and secession
   
3. 
   reconstruction and the 13^th amendment
   
4. 
   sharecropping and tenant farming
   

1. 
   To provide former slaves with basic needs
   
2. 
   To fight for the freedom of Southern slaves
   
3. 
   To oppose federal troops in Reconstruction Georgia
   
4. 
   To make sure former slaves did not exercise their rights
   

1. 
   They started the KKK to help blacks fight racism.
   
2. 
   Congress worked to pass the 13^th – 15^th amendments.
   
3. 
   The laws were allowed under Reconstruction compromises.
   
4. 
   Andrew Johnson forced southern states to revoke their laws.
   

1. 
   Dred Scots
   
2. 
   Highland Scots
   
3. 
   Ku Klux Klan
   
4. 
   Freedmen’s Bureau
   

a. Evaluate the impact the Bourbon Triumvirate, Henry Grady, International Cotton Exposition, Tom Watson and the Populists, Rebecca Latimer Felton, the 1906 Atlanta Riot, the Leo Frank Case, and the county unit system had on Georgia during this period.

1. 
   They promoted industrial and commercial development in Georgia.
   
2. 
   They created laws that protected the rights of sharecroppers.
   
3. 
   They reformed state politics so women could run for office.
   
4. 
   They expanded government programs in order to help the poor.
   

1. 
   widespread prejudice against Jews could prevent a fair trial.
   
2. 
   rich defendants could easily bribe judges to avoid punishment.
   
3. 
   witnesses would be ignored simply because they were black.
   
4. 
   murder victims were often ignored if they were of a lower class.
   

1. 
   Jim Crow
   
2. 
   Leo Frank
   
3. 
   Henry Grady
   
4. 
   Tom Watson
   

1. 
   religious and historical
   
2. 
   race and reconstruction
   
3. 
   geographic and political
   
4. 
   economic and agricultural
   

1. 
   women’s rights
   
2. 
   freeing slaves
   
3. 
   anti-industry
   
4. 
   civil rights
   

1. 
   religion
   
2. 
   education
   
3. 
   county units
   
4. 
   racial tension
   

1. 
   rural
   
2. 
   urban
   
3. 
   coastal
   
4. 
   Atlanta
   

b. Analyze how rights were denied to African-Americans through Jim Crow laws, Plessy v. Ferguson, disenfranchisement, and racial violence.

1. 
   The Supreme Court said that Jim Crow laws did not fall under the Constitution.
   
2. 
   No one was fighting against these laws since the majority of people wanted them.
   
3. 
   According to Plessy vs. Ferguson, as long as the facilities were “equal” it was okay to separate them.
   
4. 
   Since this was only happening in southern states like Georgia, many blacks simply moved north to avoid the laws.
   

1. 
   an increase in slavery
   
2. 
   an increase in racial violence
   
3. 
   more jobs for blacks in the south
   
4. 
   decrease in the use of sharecropping
   

1. 
   transportation
   
2. 
   employment
   
3. 
   education
   
4. 
   voting
   

c. Explain the roles of Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. DuBois, John and Lugenia Burns Hope, and Alonzo Herndon.

1. 
   His barbershop and investment in real estate helped to unify blacks and whites.
   
2. 
   He conducted several important research projects on blacks and crime and helped to found the NAACP.
   
3. 
   He realized through his research that a peaceful, non-threatening approach was the way to unify blacks and whites.
   
4. 
   He used his status as the “Great Accommodator” to build relationships with white leaders and get invited to the White House.
   

1. 
   “Most successful businessman”
   
2. 
   “Most popular religious figure”
   
3. 
   “Best educator in Atlanta”
   
4. 
   “Best Governor of Georgia”
   

1. 
   leave the south and move north or return to Africa
   
2. 
   get skills and education to get jobs that white people had
   
3. 
   form violent protest groups to rebel against the government
   
4. 
   conduct non-violent protests like sit-ins to earn government welfare
   

d. Explain reasons for World War I and describe Georgia’s contributions.

1. 
   The Lusitania was sunk just off the coast of Georgia.
   
2. 
   Georgia was the most outspoken state against the war.
   
3. 
   Many US Soldiers trained in Georgia training camps.
   
4. 
   The treaty that ended the war was signed in Georgia.
   

a. Describe the impact of the boll weevil and drought on Georgia.

1. 
   the cotton gin
   
2. 
   the boll weevil
   
3. 
   new legislation
   
4. 
   railroad construction
   

1. 
   positive, political
   
2. 
   negative, economic
   
3. 
   negative, irrigation
   
4. 
   positive, agricultural
   

b. Explain economic factors that resulted in the Great Depression.

1. 
   World War I.
   
2. 
   the Yazoo Land Fraud.
   
3. 
   the Great Depression.
   
4. 
   more Civil Rights action.
   

c. Discuss the impact of the political career of Eugene Talmadge.

1. 
   He is the only politician to get enough support from both major political parties to run for office 3 times.
   
2. 
   Eugene Talmadge’s career was the primary inspiration for Jimmy Carter to get into politics and their career paths are nearly identical.
   
3. 
   His career is the perfect example of how someone can move from small town politics to state politics and eventually to national politics as a State Senator.
   
4. 
   His uses of executive orders, removal of elected officials, and declarations of martial law are an example of how a strong governor can have a tremendous impact on the state in positive and negative ways.
   

d. Discuss the effect of the New Deal in terms of the impact of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Agricultural Adjustment Act, rural electrification, and Social Security.

1. 
   Cotton prices were reduced to the lowest they have been in years.
   
2. 
   The Social Security Agency agreed to pay them for any land they could not use.
   
3. 
   The Agricultural Adjustment Act combined many smaller farms into fewer, larger ones.
   
4. 
   Electricity was finally provided for many farms due to the push for rural electricfication.
   

1. 
   it created more jobs and parks for Georgians
   
2. 
   it provided retirement pay for the elderly
   
3. 
   farmers were paid to produce less cotton
   
4. 
   racial segregation was greatly reduced
   

a. Describe the impact of events leading up to American involvement in World War II; include Lend-Lease and the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

1. 
   It prevented Japan from invading the United States.
   
2. 
   It put an end to the lend lease program.
   
3. 
   It caused the United States to get involved in the war.
   
4. 
   It was the first use of nuclear weapons in war.
   

1. 
   It provided supplies to troops in the Pacific.
   
2. 
   It was attacked, which made America enter the war.
   
3. 
   It served as a testing site for the first atomic bombs.
   
4. 
   It was captured by Americans, which hurt Japan badly.
   

1. 
   Lend-Lease
   
2. 
   Pearl Harbor
   
3. 
   the Holocaust
   
4. 
   the New Deal
   

b. Evaluate the importance of Bell Aircraft, military bases, the Savannah and Brunswick shipyards, Richard Russell, and Carl Vinson.

1. 
   These were the two cities selected to build Bell Aircrafts.
   
2. 
   Those are the two places where most of Georgia’s infantry were trained.
   
3. 
   Franklin Roosevelt used those locations as his primary headquarters in Georgia.
   
4. 
   A large number of military ships and sea vessels were built in the shipyards in these cities.
   

1. 
   the physical size of the city more than doubled during this time
   
2. 
   construction of military aircraft, like the Bell Bomber, provided jobs
   
3. 
   the Great Depression did not affect some parts of Georgia, like Marietta
   
4. 
   Marietta became the new capital city of Georgia when Atlanta was burned
   

1. 
   Carl Vinson
   
2. 
   Jimmy Carter
   
3. 
   Richard Russell
   
4. 
   Eugene Talmage
   

1. 
   during his time as Senator he made things difficult for farmers and ultimately shut down many farms
   
2. 
   through legislation, he helped bring jobs, military bases, and other economic opportunities to Georgia
   
3. 
   he orchestrated the Lend-Lease program with Great Britain, France, and Russia for Georgia’s citizens
   
4. 
   during his many visits to Warm Springs, Georgia, he brought national attention and money to the town