CATEGORY 1
Who championed the views of the farmers from the Piney Woods?
Theodore Bilbo
Martin S. Conner addressed Mississippi's financial crisis by proposing
a sales tax
Which Mississippi governor was given a mandate to inaugurate a Balance Agriculture with Industry program?
Hugh L. White
Why did most whites in Mississippi join the Republican party?
The Democrats favored integration
What is a jury that is unable to agree on a verdict?
hung jury
What was Parchman before it became a prison?
farm
Which insect was a serious problem for cotton production in the 1920s?
boll weevil
What was the most important industry attracted to Mississippi because of the Balance Agriculture with Industry program?
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Why did the Emmett Till case paint a poor picture of Mississippi?
Till's accused murderers, who later admitted their guilt, were acquitted.
Political party created by civil rights leaders.
Freedom Democratic Party
A depression is characterized by
decreases in manufacturing
In which year did the Great Flood of Mississippi occur?
1927
How did the BAWI program propose to balance industry and agriculture?
offering the industries a well-educated, trained work force
Who was the first African-American person to attend the University of Mississippi?
James Meredith
Schools that told African-Americans about their rights as citizens.
One of the major effects of the Great Depression in MS was the loss of land due to
the inability to make loan payments
When the forest reserves were depleted in the 1920s, who developed a process to make fiberboard from compressed wood fibers?
William H. Mason
During the depression the federal government became more involved with local government by
providing jobs
Who was the President of the United States that understood the importance of civil rights?
John F. Kennedy
Who was the youngest editor of Harper?
Willie Morris
The governor of MS during the Great Depression was
Martin S. Conner
What did Governor Mike Conner inherit from the previous governor when he took office?
a multi-million dollar state debt
During his second term as governor, Hugh L. White initiated what very unpopular program?
school consolidation
What is a protest in which people refuse to buy certain items until certain conditions are met?
boycott
Major African American writer who wrote Black Boy.
Richard Wright