History Chapter 9
How many shares of stock were sold in a single day that was one cause of the Panic of 1929?
16 millions
In what year did the Great Flood of Mississippi occur?
1927
What did governor mike Conner inherit from the previous governor when he took office?
A multi-million dollar state debt
Who were the dixiecrats
A political party formed by southern democrats in 1948 in opposition to federal policies that promoted racial integration
which insect was a serious problem for cotton production in the 1920s
Boll weevil
Name the two states Mississippi military bases that are two of the largest in the United states?
Camp Shelby and Keesler Army Airfield
Which of the following was NOT a category of farmers during the Great Depression?
Dixiecrats
What did president Hoover think would be undermine American's self respect?
Giving them too much help
Who was the president when the Great Depression began?
Hebert Hoover
Who promised a "chicken in every pot" as part of his campaign?
Herbert Hoover
Which Mississippi governor was given a mandate to inaugurate a Balance Agriculture with Industry program?
Hugh L. White
What was the most important industry attracted to Mississippi because of the Balance Agriculture with Industry program?
Ingalls Shipbuilding
How did the BAWI program propose to balance industry and agriculture?
Offering the industries a well-educated, trained work force
What positive impact did World War Two have on the state of Mississippi?
People was work by and women do jobs for men. Created jobs for Mississippi.
During his second term as governor Hugh L. White initiated what very unpopular program?
School Consolidation
Which statement best explains why whites in Mississippi joined the Republican party?
The Democrats favored integration
One of the major effects of the Great Depression in Mississippi was the loss of land due to...
The inability to make loan plans
How would still manufacturer benefit by high U.S. tariffs on steel?
The manufacturer could sell more steel to domestic buyers.
What is considered by some historians to be crime that launched the civil rights movement?
The murder of Emmett Till
What happened when a person brought a stock on margin?
They borrowed money to buy a stock
Which statement best describes why the Emmett Till case painted a poor picture of Mississippi?
Till's accused murders, who later admitted their guilt, were acquitted
What grew most as a result of the Wagner act?
Union Memberships
Who were the Bonus Marchers trying to help?
Veterans
When the forest reserves were depleted in the 1920s, who developed a process to make a fiberboard from compressed wood fibers?
William H. Mason
State sovereignty commission
a group consisting the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, speaker of the House, and prominent leaders in the citizens' council; its purpose was to prevent encroachment upon states' rights by the federal government
Citizens' council
a group funded in July 1954 by white citizens at Indianola; its purpose was to assist state officials in preventing the implementation of the brown decision
Dixiecrats
a political party formed by southern Democrats in 1948 in opposition to federal policies that promoted racial integration
Martin Sennet Conner addressed Mississippi's financial crisis by proposing...
a sales tax
Great Depression
a severe economic downturn that began with the panic of 1929 and lasted until World War two
civil rights movement
a social movement to secure equal treatment under the laws of blacks
sales tax
a tax on food, clothing, homes, and other items purchased in the open market
Balance Agriculture with Industry
an economic recovery plan instigated by the businessmen politicians of the early 1930s that stated that the factory, not the farm, would bring relief from the Great Depression
NAACP
an interracial organization founded in 1909 to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism, and to ensure African Americans their constitutional rights
A depression is characterized by?
decrease in manufacturing
panic of 1929
the collapse of the new york stock exchange in October 1929, which led to the Great Depression
What was the ruling and impact of brown v. board of education of Topeka, Kansas?
the desegration of public schools should occur with "all deliberate-speed."
urbanization
the movement toward cities