SS Review - DA Style

Use the list to answer the following question.

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·       Poll taxes

·       Literacy Tests

·       Grandfather Clause

Which of the following is the BEST title for the list?

• Disenfranchisment

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Jim Crow Laws

• Racial Violence

Answer explanation

Disenfranchisement describes all the ways that African Americans were denied their right to vote.

Why was Booker T. Washington often criticized by civil rights leaders such as W.E.B. DuBois?

• He encouraged African Americans to use violent tactics as a means by which to force changes in government policy

• He encouraged African Americans to emigrate from the United States to Africa and start new lives for themselves and their families.

• He argued that African Americans had not been citizens of the United States long enough to be entitled to the same rights awarded to others.

• He argued that African Americans should focus on establishing themselves in society through hard work and education before fighting for civil rights.

Answer explanation

This type of leadership would show those who are hindering the rights of African Americans that they could do without them.

How did the case of Leo Frank lead to an increase in racial inequality in the South?

• Southern leaders like the Bourbon Triumvirate began to call for an increase of voting rights for immigrants.

• Southern leaders like Tom Watson began an anti-Semitic campaign against Jewish businesses.

• Southern leaders like Henry Grady encouraged poor Southerners to increase Jim Crow laws.

• Southern leaders like the Bourbon Triumvirate proposed the convict lease system.

Answer explanation

All other answer choices have no relation to the Leo Frank Case.

Why was the Civilian Conservation Corps one of the most popular New Deal programs in Georgia?

• It provided many Georgians with jobs on environmental projects.

• It was headquartered at the Little White House in Warm Springs

• It was strongly supported by Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge.

• It brought electricity to homes and businesses in rural Georgia.

Answer explanation

This question is asking what the CCC did for Georgians.

After the death of President Franklin Roosevelt, one news report stated that the community of Warm Springs, Georgia, was "plunged into gloom by the death of its literal patron saint." Why did the community of Warm Springs have such a strong attachment to the president?

• Roosevelt was extremely popular during his time serving as governor of Georgia.

• Roosevelt built a home in the community and frequently visited for polio treatments.

• Roosevelt brought many military bases to Georgia during his time in the Senate.

• Roosevelt was born near the town and most of his family continued to live in the area.

Answer explanation

Franklin Roosevelt came to Georgia for his treatment while here he saw the needs of the rural Georgians and the New Deal programs helped the citizens.

Why were the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and Rural Electrification Administration popular among rural Georgians?

• Georgia’s senators drafted the laws creating the administrations and convinced President Franklin Roosevelt to support them.

• The administrations were inspired by the poverty President Franklin Roosevelt observed during the time that he spent in the state.

• President Franklin Roosevelt became involved in Georgia’s politics and directed Georgia's governor to create the administrations.

• The administrations were proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt to provide pensions for senior citizens whose farms failed.

As a member of the US Senate, how did Richard Russell help the people of Georgia recover from the Great Depression?

• Russell supported providing financial incentives to corporations to enable takeovers of small farms throughout Georgia.

• Russell supported ending racially discriminatory hiring practices to improve the lives of Georgia's minority populations.

• Russell supported measures aimed at helping Georgia transition away from agriculture and toward industrial production.

• Russell supported New Deal programs such as the Farm Security Administration that provided relief to farmers in Georgia.

How were Richard Russell's and Carl Vinson's approaches to growing Georgia's economy similar or different?

• Both of them used their government positions to bring military bases to the state and provide new job opportunities.

• Russell advocated for increasing state government spending, while Vinson advocated for reducing state income taxes.

• Both of them used their government positions to improve the state’s education system and reduce unemployment.

• Russell advocated for reducing state income taxes, while Vinson advocated for increasing state government spending.

How were Savannah and Brunswick economically impacted by World War II?

• Unemployment rose sharply as factories closed due to declining consumer demand.

• The need for Liberty ships for the war effort helped create thousands of jobs in the cities' shipyards.

• Farmers grew wealthy as the cities became major agricultural producers for the military.

• Business profits declined due to a mass migration to Marietta following the opening of a bomber plant.

Why did the Georgia Supreme Court have to decide the outcome of the 1946 governor’s election?

• The write-in votes for one candidate had to be reviewed to see if they were valid.

• The governor-elect died and two people claimed they had the right to succeed him.

• Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall claimed that voter fraud had taken place and demanded a recount of all votes.

• One candidate won the popular vote and another won the county unit vote, but both claimed they won the election.