Civil War
How did Sherman's March to the Sea affect the infrastructure of the state of Georgia?
The March to the Sea destroyed Georgia's railroads, roads, cotton gins, mills, and warehouses.
The Civil War devastated the economy of Georgia, as well as the rest of the South. What was key to the economic recovery of the state during Reconstruction?
sharecropping and tenant farming
What event took place in Atlanta during the 1880s & 1890s that helped promote the "New South" and lure Northern investors into the region?
International Cotton Exposition
What was the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
Legal segregation in public places
What was the immediate spark of the riot that occurred in Atlanta in 1906?
stories of black violence against whites in the Atlanta newspapers
Compared to the President Lincoln's plan, the Congressional plan for Reconstruction placed greater emphasis on which TWO goals?
punishing the South for its role in the Civil War and protecting the rights extended to African Americans
What was one reason that Georgia remained under US military control after it held its second Reconstruction-era constitutional convention in 1867–1868?
Georgia refused to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment and grant African American men the right to vote.
As managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s, what did Henry Grady use the paper to promote?
southern industrial growth
What was the purpose of the Jim Crow laws passed by Southern states during Reconstruction?
to try to keep the social order the same as it was before the Civil War
What was Alonzo Herndon's goal in the early 1900s?
to help African American businesses succeed
The Battle of Chickamauga is significant because
it was the first major Civil War battle fought in Georgia.
Why were thirty-two newly elected members of the Georgia General Assembly removed from the legislature during Reconstruction?
to limit the political power and influence of African Americans
Robert is a sharecropper who has a hard time making ends meet financially. The next election is coming up and he already knows he will not be able to vote because he didn't bring in enough money this year.
How is he being disenfranchised?
Poll tax
How did the Supreme Court justify its ruling in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson?
The court argued that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments extended political rights to African Americans, but not social rights.
Sharecroppers and tenant farmers were two major sources of agricultural labor during Reconstruction. How did they differ from each other?
Tenant farmers tended to own the farming equipment that they used, while sharecroppers usually did not.
What is the difference between the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment?
The Emancipation Proclamation only frees the slaves belonging to the Confederate States while the 13th Amendment made the institution of slavery illegal within the United States.
How did federal government respond to the Georgia Assembly’s expulsion of its African American members during Reconstruction?
The US Congress deemed the state unreconstructed and rejected its readmission to the United States.
How did the Leo Frank case impact Georgia society?
The rise in antisemitism in Georgia that resulted from the case contributed to the reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan.
What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case?
1. Slaves were not citizens
2. Slaves were property in any state
3. The government couldn't ban slavery
Disenfranchisement is when...
the right to vote is taken away
Why was Atlanta specifically targeted by the Union Army during the Civil War?
Atlanta was an important railroad hub
What was one outcome of the Georgia legislature's refusal to seat Henry McNeal Turner?
It sent a message that while African Americans could vote, they could not serve in political office.
In Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise speech, he urged African Americans to advance themselves through economic opportunities and industrial education. He said that once African Americans had done so, they would then gain acceptance from whites.
What was W. E. B. Du Bois's response to Washington's speech?
He disagreed with Washington because he believed Washington's strategy did not fight hard enough for racial equality.
What impact did the 15th Amendment to the Constitution have on the African American population?
Male citizens of all races were able to cast their vote in public elections allowing for more men of color to represent the needs of their voters.
How were the members of the Bourbon Triumvirate similar? (List at least 3)
All three supported raising taxes.
All three were white supremacists.
All three supported industrial development.
**All three served as a governor or senator