GCSU GA History 2 Questions with
Complete Answers
The Northern general who finally brought Georgia's defeat was - ANSWER William
T. Sherman
All schools founded pre-Civil War except - ANSWER Morehouse
Statement about Reconstruction in Georgia is true: - ANSWER State was under
military control at times
Georgia Republicans in the reconstruction era included all except - ANSWER Redeemers
(Democrats)
During Reconstruction period, Freedmen's Bureau: - ANSWER Helped Georgians
with jobs, food, clothes, shelter, education
Attiancemen and Populist refer to the political movement favoring - ANSWER Farmers
The Populists in Georgia called... - ANSWER Printing money, coining more silver, banking
reform, government ownership of railroads, direct election of US senators
A leading populist in Georgia was - ANSWER Thomas E. Waston
, Voting system that maintained dominant political power for rural areas of Georgia:
- ANSWER The County Unit system
Henry Grady was known for - ANSWER Helped Southern states form back into Union,
encouraged industrialization and white supremacy. Spokesman for the "New South"
Segregation of African Americans in the late 1800s/early 1900s was known as -
ANSWER Disfranchisement
Georgia used all the following to disfranchise African American voters except -
ANSWER Secret ballots (DID use poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirements)
Georgia act associated with early 20th century movement called Progressivism
- ANSWER Jim Crow laws
Which is true of the 1920's in Georgia? - ANSWER Boll weevil devastated cotton crops
Main political strengths of Eugene Tallmadge in Georgia politics: - ANSWER Denounced
New Deal programs, towns and cities (aka anti-rural)
Major boost to Georgia's economy in the WWII period came because: -
ANSWER Military bases and forts were built in the state, factory production
The three-governor controversy in the mid 1940 that got national attention in
Georgia involved - ANSWER Talmadge, Thompson, and Arnall
In the WWII and Post-War Era, Richard Russell was most known for - ANSWER His work
in the US senate; leader of Southern opposition to the Civil Rights Movement
Complete Answers
The Northern general who finally brought Georgia's defeat was - ANSWER William
T. Sherman
All schools founded pre-Civil War except - ANSWER Morehouse
Statement about Reconstruction in Georgia is true: - ANSWER State was under
military control at times
Georgia Republicans in the reconstruction era included all except - ANSWER Redeemers
(Democrats)
During Reconstruction period, Freedmen's Bureau: - ANSWER Helped Georgians
with jobs, food, clothes, shelter, education
Attiancemen and Populist refer to the political movement favoring - ANSWER Farmers
The Populists in Georgia called... - ANSWER Printing money, coining more silver, banking
reform, government ownership of railroads, direct election of US senators
A leading populist in Georgia was - ANSWER Thomas E. Waston
, Voting system that maintained dominant political power for rural areas of Georgia:
- ANSWER The County Unit system
Henry Grady was known for - ANSWER Helped Southern states form back into Union,
encouraged industrialization and white supremacy. Spokesman for the "New South"
Segregation of African Americans in the late 1800s/early 1900s was known as -
ANSWER Disfranchisement
Georgia used all the following to disfranchise African American voters except -
ANSWER Secret ballots (DID use poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirements)
Georgia act associated with early 20th century movement called Progressivism
- ANSWER Jim Crow laws
Which is true of the 1920's in Georgia? - ANSWER Boll weevil devastated cotton crops
Main political strengths of Eugene Tallmadge in Georgia politics: - ANSWER Denounced
New Deal programs, towns and cities (aka anti-rural)
Major boost to Georgia's economy in the WWII period came because: -
ANSWER Military bases and forts were built in the state, factory production
The three-governor controversy in the mid 1940 that got national attention in
Georgia involved - ANSWER Talmadge, Thompson, and Arnall
In the WWII and Post-War Era, Richard Russell was most known for - ANSWER His work
in the US senate; leader of Southern opposition to the Civil Rights Movement
