Chapter 16: Study Guide
 
1.     In 1900, the average income in Georgia per year was $________.
2.     Georgia families were among the ________ in the nation.
3.     The south was very ___________ on the north.
·        the south grew the cotton and sold it to the north, the north made it and sold it back to the south at high prices.
4.     PAGE 237- What was the rise in manufacturing in each decade?
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5.  What are tenant farmers- ___________________________________________________________
6.  What is sharecropping- ___________________________________________________________
7. How could a new industry help a town develop and grow?
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8.     By 1910, 1/3 of families lived in cities, towns/villages in Georgia.
·        Georgia had ______ cities with 2,500 people or more, and ____ small communities.
·        Atlanta had _______ rail lines passing  thru it- it was called the “distribution  center of the south”.
·        The department store ________ was founded in 1867.
·        Coca cola was founded in ________.
9.     PAGE 244- Why was Booker T. Washington important? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10.  In 1871, Public education was given $174,000 by the state for the 1st time and Georgia had _____________ students.
11.   Why was Georgia known and the “Gate City of the South”?
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12. What are advantages and disadvantages of living in a city?
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13.  Who was Juliette Gordon Low? ________________________________
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14.  Who was W.E.B. DuBois? ____________________________________
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