Unit 7 and 8 Study Guide
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Reconstruction to Leo Frank Unit 7 and 8 Study Guide County Unit to Drought 1.What were people who farmed the land for landowners Sharecroppers and gave them part of their harvest as rent called? 2.Which amendment to the US Constitution gave citizenship 14th to all men born in the United States? 3.What was the purpose of the Freedman’s Bureau? To help slaves transition to freedom, mainly through educating and helping with employment 4.Who was Henry McNeal Turner? A preacher who was (with other black men) elected into Georgia government during reconstruction. 5.What was the Bourbon Triumvirate? Three white men who ran Georgia’s government in the years after Reconstruction.Wanted to improve Ga 6.What did the International Cotton Exposition show to the It showed the world that Georgia was using new world? technology in agriculture AND it attracted money and investment to Georgia. 7.What did Tom Watson want? What was the name of his To help rural families solve problems of low crop movement? prices and get mail service. Called Populism 8.What did Rebecca Latimer Felton want and what was she She wanted women to get the right to vote (suffrage) the first to do? and she was the first woman in the U.S. Senate. 9.Leo Frank’s death was an example of racism against Jews. Anti-Semitism Another name for this is 10.People who owned their own equipment and paid rent Tenant Farmers for the land they farmed were called what? 11.What was the period of time after the Civil War (when Reconstruction the country focused on rejoining and rebuilding the country) called? 12.What term did Henry Grady coin? The “New South” 13.What did Grady mean by “New South”. That the south was bringing in industry & getting new technology and money (investment) from the North 14.What did the 1906 Atlanta Riot cause the country to That racial violence was still a serious problem in the realize? South. 15.The group of farmers that worked together to solve Populists problems of low prices for crops and high costs of transportation were called what? 16.Who established schools to help teach black children The Freedmen’s Bureau after the Civil War and help former slaves in their transition to freedom? 17.Why were southern states required to ratify the 13th, To protect the rights of the former slaves who were 14th, and 15th amendments to be readmitted to the Union? now freed men for the first time in their lives 18.What was the name of the terrorist group that wanted KKK Ku Klux Klan to keep blacks from exercising their new rights as citizens? 19.Which amendment to the US Constitution banned 13th slavery? 20.Which amendment to the US Constitution gave all male 15th citizens the right to vote? 21.The final plan to re-admit states to the Union required 10% of the population to swear loyalty to the US and what? for the state to ratify (approve) the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments 22.An act established the county unit system for voting in People living in Urban areas (many who were black) Georgia. Who was this system unfair to? 23.Who was Booker T. Washington? An educator and author who wanted a gradual approach to improving race relations (education) 24.The Post-Reconstruction laws that mandated Jim Crow Laws segregation were called what? 25.Why was Homer Plessy arrested? What was he trying to He got on a “White’s Only” train car. He was trying to change? stop the separation of whites and coloreds. 26.What was another name for the policy of segregation Separate but Equal that came out of Plessy v. Ferguson? 27.What does disenfranchisement mean? When someone loses their vote or has their vote taken away from them. 28.In blocking black voters from voting, which trick required Poll tax them to pay to vote? 29.In blocking black voters from voting, which trick required Literacy Test them to pass a reading test to vote? 30.In blocking black voters from voting, which trick said The Grandfather Clause they could vote if they had an ancestor who could vote before 1867? 31.In blocking black voters from voting, which trick said The Democratic White Primary they just weren’t allowed to vote in the primary? 32.Who was the first black president of Morehouse College John Hope and Clarke Atlanta University? 33.What did W.E.B. DuBois call “a scar upon my soul?” Lynching 34.W.E.B. DuBois wanted equality for the blacks. How did Through fighting for Civil Right for blacks. he think it should be achieved? 35.What is the name of group founded by W.E.B. DuBois N.A.A.C.P. The National Association for the and other black leaders that is still active today is what? Advancement of Colored People 36.What two events that hit Georgia in the early 1900’s The drought and the boll weevil combined to devastate Georgia’s agricultural economy? 37.Which man wanted blacks and whites to work together Booker T. Washington to gradually improve race relations? 38.What is the name of the man who started life as a slave Alonzo Herndon but became a wealthy businessman after creating the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company? 39.The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand caused Alliances to form among European countries and what to happen? World War I to start. 40.Which ways did Georgia support the WWI war effort? By providing soldiers, having training camps, and running a prisoner camp. 41.What was the name of the beetle that destroyed the The Boll Weevil cotton crops and damaged Georgia’s economy? .