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Final Exam Study Guide Key (2016-2017)

Reconstruction: You should be able to explain…

  1. The purpose of the Freedman’s Bureau during reconstruction

It was to provide education and aid to former slaves and poor people after the war.

  1. The difference between Tenant Farming and Sharecropping

Sharecroppers were provided land and materials by the landowners on credit creating a huge amounts of debt to be subtract from potential earnings. This made it nearly impossible for them to make any profit. However, tenant farmers often owned equipment or farm animals allowing them a greater possibility of making some profit

  1. The basics behind Lincoln’s reconstruction plan

Lincoln’s plan was the easiest plan for southerners to use to re-enter the U.S.

  1. How Johnson’s plan was different than Lincoln’s

Johnson required some Confederate generals to apply directly to the president for a pardon

  1. The various methods used by southern states to disenfranchise blacks:

Poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clause, & white primaries

  1. What happened with the few black legislators elected to the General Assembly during Reconstruction

The African Americans voted into office were later removed from the legislature

  1. Why the Ku Klux Klan originated during reconstruction

It originated to keep blacks from voting and keep democrats in office.

  1. carpetbaggers

Someone from the north who moved south to take advantage of the poor conditions of the south

  1. scalawags

A person who was from the south that worked directly with the carpetbaggers.

  1. 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments

13th-ended slavery

14th-gave all men citizenship

15th-gave people of any color or race the right to vote

  1. Why did the 14th amendment need to be added to the constitution?

It was in response to the Black Codes being used in the South to deny freedmen their “equal protection of the law”

  1. The role of the Bourbon Triumvirate and why they were given this name

Named after a castle in France and a line of French Kings- triumvirate means “ruling body of three”. 3 Georgia Leaders -Brown, Colquitt, Gordon. Shared same political beliefs; dominated politics. They wanted to keep “old southern traditions” including white supremacy.

  1. The impact Rebecca Latimer Felton had on changing the south during reconstruction

She was a reformer who helped end the influence of the Bourbon Triumvirate and provided aid and education to the poor. Used the newspaper to spread her message.

The New South: You should be able to explain…

  1. Explain the use of the phrase “New South”

The South began to change in the areas of business, industrialization, agriculture, and race relations

  1. Henry Grady’s promotion of the New South
  • How did he do it?- He spread his beliefs through the newspaper
  1. What were the social issues of the Progressive Movement?
  • Prison reform, women’s suffrage, labor reform
  1. The significance of the International and Cotton States Exposition
    It brought many visitors to Georgia and attracted new businesses and investment
  2. What was Tom Watson’s most significant contribution to Georgia?

Rural Free Delivery System

  1. The impact of the Plessy vs. Ferguson court case on the nation

The Supreme Court decided that that separation of the races was okay if facilities were equal

  1. Booker T. Washington

vocational education and he established the Tuskegee Institute

  1. Alonzo Herndon

Atlanta Life Insurance company became one of the largest African American-run companies

  1. W.E.B. DuBois

Havard Graduate that believed in education of the top 10% and wrote The Souls of Black Folk

  1. The impact of John and Lugenia Hope

John Hope was president of Atlanta University and Lugenia Hope worked to improve black neighborhoods

  1. The businesses that contributed to Georgia’s growth that were established in the late 1800s
    Rich’s, Coca-Cola, Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance

The Progressive Era / 1920s: You should be able to explain…

  1. The basic beliefs of the progressive movement

Government has the power to correct the ills of society

  1. The role of muckrakers

They wrote stories that spoke about problems in society

  1. The goal of the temperance movement

Temperance- to stop the production and use of alcohol

  1. 18th and 19th amendments

18th- prohibits the manufacture, sell, and transportation of intoxicating beverages.

19th- gave women the right to vote

  1. The events that led up to our involvement in World War I
    Sinking of the Lusitania and Britain bombarded the U.S. with anti-German propaganda
  2. What was the final straw? Zimmerman Telegram (Germany urged Mexico to attack the U.S. and land would be returned to them)
  3. How did Georgia contribute to WWI?
    Planted victory gardens, military training camps were established, 3,000 Georgians lost their lives in the war effort.
  4. The impact of the boll weevil on Georgia’s agriculture

It led to the loss of much of Georgia’s crops (cotton)

  1. What new music was introduced in the 20’s and by who?
    Blues and jazz was introduced by African American artists
  2. Why the 1920s are known as the “Roaring Twenties”

good times and atmosphere supported roaring parties

  1. What new developments in technology and entertainment contributed to the changing lifestyle of the twenties

Commercial radio, convenience foods, music, and organized crime

  1. How did the role of women change in the 1920’s?Women became less conservative showing more skin (knee-length) in fashion, shorter hairstyles, as well as dancing, drinking and smoking in public.