GA History Exemption Exam Questions And Answers
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used to keep African Americans in their "proper place," Georgia led nation between
1899 and 1918 - ANSWER Lynching
former slave and founder of Tuskeegee Institute, advocated idea of black self-help, best
path of advancement for African-Americans was economic prosperity on their own to
gain respect of whites, known as "Atlanta Compromise" - ANSWER Booker T.
Washington
First African American to graduate from Harvard; helped establish the N.A.A.C.P.;
believed the African American should work toward social and political opportunities as
well as self sufficiency - ANSWER WEB Duboise
First state to enact prohibition in 1907 - ANSWER Georgia
First female US senator, served one day - ANSWER Rebecca Latimer Felton
Savannah native who founded the Girl Scouts - ANSWER Juliette Gordon Low
former preacher who founded the second KKK at Stone Mountain, GA - ANSWER
William Simmons
Trial where a Northern Jewish pencil factory manager was accused of murdering 13
year old Mary Phagan; found guilty of the crime and sentenced to death, his sentence
was later reduced to life due to additional evidence. However, a group of men calling
themselves "the Knights of Mary Phagan" took him out of his prison cell and lynched
him in Marietta. - ANSWER Leo Frank Case
movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south into Northern cities
between 1914 and 1920 - ANSWER Great Migration
first governor (1931-33) to deal with the depression, reorganized the government and
mde it more efficent, then was elected as a US Senator - ANSWER Richard Russell
very conservative that disagreed with FDR's New Deal program, supported the common
man except for textile workers
Also, tried to fire UGA and Georgia Teachers College because of false intergration
claims, as a result both lost accreditation - ANSWER Eugene Talmadge
Georgia governor (1937-1941) that brought New Deal programs to GA and reformed
education - ANSWER E.D. Rivers
, one of most influential New Deal programs in Georgia, took aim at overproduction of
cotton by subsidizing farmers for reducing their cotton crops, benefited larger farmers
and landowners - ANSWER Agricultural Adjustment Act
Georgia military base that was the largest and viewed as the best infantry training
facility in country during WWII - ANSWER Fort Benning
established in Marietta during WWII, airplane plant that provie around 20,000 jobs to the
area, including women - ANSWER Bell Aircraft Corporation
GA governer (1943-1947) that restored accreditation to Georgia's college and university
system, also revised Constitution of 1877, elimanted chain gang, reformed the prison
system, and because first state to grant 18 year olds the right to vote - ANSWER Ellis
Arnall
formed in 1910 to gain constitutional rights and protections for African Americans from
racial oppression, carried their fights to the courts by filing lawsuits against
discriminatory practices, focused on challenging institution of separate but equal -
ANSWER National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Supreme Court declared that separate educational facilities were unequal and
unconstitutional - ANSWER Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
parents focused on keeping schools open for children not on integration, which
threatened to close because of Supreme Court ruling - ANSWER HOPE (Help Our
Public Education)
longest tenured mayor of Atlanta (1937-41, '42-62) that crowned the city "too busy to
hate" - ANSWER William Hartsfield
First African Americans at UGA in 1961 - ANSWER Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton
Holmes
prohibitted discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin in public facilities
such as schools, employment, and other public accomodations - ANSWER Civil Rights
Act of 1964
outlawed discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states such as
literacy tests; committed the government to provide federal examiners in counties with
histories of discrimination; basically prohibitted racial discrimination in voting -
ANSWER Voting Rights Act of 1965
was a African American civil writes leader who was elected in 1965 to the Georgia
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used to keep African Americans in their "proper place," Georgia led nation between
1899 and 1918 - ANSWER Lynching
former slave and founder of Tuskeegee Institute, advocated idea of black self-help, best
path of advancement for African-Americans was economic prosperity on their own to
gain respect of whites, known as "Atlanta Compromise" - ANSWER Booker T.
Washington
First African American to graduate from Harvard; helped establish the N.A.A.C.P.;
believed the African American should work toward social and political opportunities as
well as self sufficiency - ANSWER WEB Duboise
First state to enact prohibition in 1907 - ANSWER Georgia
First female US senator, served one day - ANSWER Rebecca Latimer Felton
Savannah native who founded the Girl Scouts - ANSWER Juliette Gordon Low
former preacher who founded the second KKK at Stone Mountain, GA - ANSWER
William Simmons
Trial where a Northern Jewish pencil factory manager was accused of murdering 13
year old Mary Phagan; found guilty of the crime and sentenced to death, his sentence
was later reduced to life due to additional evidence. However, a group of men calling
themselves "the Knights of Mary Phagan" took him out of his prison cell and lynched
him in Marietta. - ANSWER Leo Frank Case
movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south into Northern cities
between 1914 and 1920 - ANSWER Great Migration
first governor (1931-33) to deal with the depression, reorganized the government and
mde it more efficent, then was elected as a US Senator - ANSWER Richard Russell
very conservative that disagreed with FDR's New Deal program, supported the common
man except for textile workers
Also, tried to fire UGA and Georgia Teachers College because of false intergration
claims, as a result both lost accreditation - ANSWER Eugene Talmadge
Georgia governor (1937-1941) that brought New Deal programs to GA and reformed
education - ANSWER E.D. Rivers
, one of most influential New Deal programs in Georgia, took aim at overproduction of
cotton by subsidizing farmers for reducing their cotton crops, benefited larger farmers
and landowners - ANSWER Agricultural Adjustment Act
Georgia military base that was the largest and viewed as the best infantry training
facility in country during WWII - ANSWER Fort Benning
established in Marietta during WWII, airplane plant that provie around 20,000 jobs to the
area, including women - ANSWER Bell Aircraft Corporation
GA governer (1943-1947) that restored accreditation to Georgia's college and university
system, also revised Constitution of 1877, elimanted chain gang, reformed the prison
system, and because first state to grant 18 year olds the right to vote - ANSWER Ellis
Arnall
formed in 1910 to gain constitutional rights and protections for African Americans from
racial oppression, carried their fights to the courts by filing lawsuits against
discriminatory practices, focused on challenging institution of separate but equal -
ANSWER National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Supreme Court declared that separate educational facilities were unequal and
unconstitutional - ANSWER Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
parents focused on keeping schools open for children not on integration, which
threatened to close because of Supreme Court ruling - ANSWER HOPE (Help Our
Public Education)
longest tenured mayor of Atlanta (1937-41, '42-62) that crowned the city "too busy to
hate" - ANSWER William Hartsfield
First African Americans at UGA in 1961 - ANSWER Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton
Holmes
prohibitted discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin in public facilities
such as schools, employment, and other public accomodations - ANSWER Civil Rights
Act of 1964
outlawed discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states such as
literacy tests; committed the government to provide federal examiners in counties with
histories of discrimination; basically prohibitted racial discrimination in voting -
ANSWER Voting Rights Act of 1965
was a African American civil writes leader who was elected in 1965 to the Georgia
