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Who created the New Deal?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

100

Describe life in Georgia during the antebellum period

Upper class (aristocrats and wealthy planters)

Middle class (Yeoman farmers)

Low class (poor whites and very low freed blacks)

100

Difference between black and white schools during segregation period in the south

blacks didn't have much funds for their schools, so it was mostly a one room school with very little resources


whites had more funding from state and could afford bigger schools and newer text books

100

What is the meaning of the following words:

interdependent

impeach

blockade

black belt region

interdependent:being dependent on one another for certain needs

impeach:to file charges to remove a politician from office

blockade:use of military forces to isolate enemy territory, such as a harbor, in order to prevent entry of supplies or people

black belt region:where many blacks lived and it was the heart of the cotton-growing region

200

Give two causes of the Civil War

regional differences (economy)

slavery

tariff

sectionalism (North was getting better treatment from the government than the South)

200

What was the purpose of the Reconstruction period?

rebuild the south and prepare it to re-join the Union

200

What started the Great Depression and what was the name of that day?

Black Tuesday: stock market crashed

300

Why was Atlanta known as the Gate City of the South?

It was growing in industry, increased jobs and transportation. Towns were built around factories.
300

What are the 3 R's of the New Deal?

relief, recovery, reform

300

What is the Holocaust and which war did it take place?

millions of Jews and others were killed during World War II in concentration camps

400

What was the new government of the south after they southern states seceded from the Union and who was the president?

Confederate States of America

Jefferson Davis

400

Why did Talmadge not support the New Deal?

It threatened white supremacy 

400

3 ways whites tried to stop blacks from voting in the South

literacy test

poll tax

intimidation by KKK

500

13th amendment

14th amendment

18th amendment

19th amendment

13th: right to vote for blacks

14th: blacks were now citizens and should be treated equally

18th: Prohibition

19th: women's right to vote

500

Why did America get involved in WWI?

Why did America get involved in WWII?

WWI: Zimmerman telegram

WWII: Bombing of Pearl harbor

500
Difference between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois

Washington: focus on the education and building skills and accept the lower status

DuBois: fight for equality now