Georgia history test

Hadgen Holmes claimed to have invented the

cotton gin

In the years leading up to the Civil War, Georgia's _ industry led the South

textile

How many times did Georgia meet reconstruction requirements to rejoin the Union?

three times

Georgia's first Reconstruction govenor was

Rufus Bullock

After the Civil war and before turning to sharecropping and tenat farming, Georgia tried all of the following to help meet the demand for farm labor EXCEPT

immigrants

During the post reconstruction period, Georgia developed which of hte following undustries

railroads

the 'chain gang' replaced

convict-lease

Which Northern state had an impact on women's suffarge in Georgia

New York

The term peonage refers to

a new type of illegal slavery

The new KU Klux Klan targeted all of the following EXPCEPT

Republicans

Which crop was the second important crop in Georgia in the early 1920

tobacco

At the start of the Great Depression, in Georgia, which 'industry' was hit the hardest

banking

Govenor _ worked to opposed Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal

Eugene Talmadge

During the Great Depression, Govenor Eurith Rivers was a supporter of

FDR's New Deal

Which Popular new deal program was very popular, but also considered racist

the CCC (civilian conservation corps)

During the Civil Rights movement in Georgia, the state government passed a law in 1945 eliminating

crop-lien system

Which Georgia govenor worked against desegergation, especially in schools

Marvin Griffin

Interposition was used to block the _ by interposing _

Federal Government; State authority

Which Civil Rights leader tried, unsuccessfully, to help SNCC (Student nonviolent coordinating committee

Martin L. King Jr.

The Sibley Commission held public meetings on the public's preference on desegregation in

schools