Final Exam

Question 1

TN celebrated its Centennial with a huge fair called the
a) The Hundred Year Hoe-Down
b) The TN Centennial Fair
c) The Centennial Exposition
d) The TN Century Celebration

Answer 1

c) the Centennial Exposition

Question 2

Promoters of the “New South” were trying to bring more agriculture to the South
T/F

Answer 2

False

Question 3

By 1900, TN had 3,137 miles of track
T/F

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In the 1890s, TN experienced an _____ boom.
a) agricultural
b) industrial
c) gold
d) population

Answer 4

b) industrial

Question 5

According to table 8.1 on page 187, textiles were TN’s leading industry in 1990.
T/F

Answer 5

False

Question 6

According to table 8.2, which major TN city had the highest percentage of population growth between 1870-1900
a) Chattanooga
b) Memphis
c) Knoxville
d) Nashville

Answer 6

a) Chattanooga

Question 7

Ida B. Wells led a crusade against lynching
T/F

Answer 7

True

Question 8

The Coal Miner’s war began because the company hired convicts from the state to break a strike.
T/F

Answer 8

True

Question 9

In 1878, Memphis was hit with a deadly outbreak of swine flu.
T/F

Answer 9

False

Question 10

In the 1880s, the Temperance movement became more popular as an effort to outlaw alcoholic drink in the state.
T/F

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Nashville’s most lucrative product was
a) flour
b) tobacco
c) corn
d) iron

Answer 11

a) flour

Question 12

TN saw phenomenal industrial growth as a result of “New South” efforts.
T/F

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Northern factory owners were promised, “cheap, docile” labor if they moved their factories to the south.
T/F

Answer 13

True

Question 14

TN was one of the most successful “New South” states
T/F

Answer 14

True

Question 15

By 1900, TN’s leading industry was
a) Railroad cars and shops
b) Flour and grist mills
c) Tobacco
d) Leather

Answer 15

b) Flour and grist mills

Question 16

In 1916, Clarence Saunders opened Piggly Wiggly, the first modern supermarket in Memphis.
T/F

Answer 16

True

Question 17

The KKK saw a popular resurgence in the teens and 1920s.
T/F

Answer 17

True

Question 18

The Butler Act provided the basis for this famous Dayton, TN trial in 1925

Answer 18

The Scopes Monkey Trial

Question 19

“Hillbilly” music was another name for country music.
T/F

Answer 19

True

Question 20

The flight of Southern blacks to the North to seek jobs and flee Jim Crow (1919-1930) is called the Great _____
a) Job Hunt
b) Retreat
c) Migration

Answer 20

c) Migration

Question 21

Luke Lewa was the governor for most of the 20s.
T/F

Answer 21

False

Question 22

By the end of the 20s, TN had less than 4,000 miles of paved highway.
T/F

Answer 22

False

Question 23

In 1923, Governor Austin Peay reorganized the state government to make it more efficient and to give the governor more power.
T/F

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Money from a ____ tax funded the roads project.
a) Liquor
b) Grocery
c) Gasoline

Answer 24

c) Gasoline

Question 25

One result of the General Education Bill standardized teacher pay at the state level. T/F

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Any county that levied a fifty-cent tax for schools would receive enough funds for a nine-month school year. T/F

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Statewide, teacher's pay was funded through a tobacco tax. T/F

Answer 27

True

Question 28

The 75 million dollars spent building roads did not add any debt to the state treasury. T/F

Answer 28

True

Question 29

This TN town was the site of a race riot in 1919. a) Memphis b) Knoxville c) Columbia

Answer 29

b) Knoxville

Question 30

Better educational opportunities in rural TN allowed many from the country to move to the cities for work. T/F

Answer 30

True

Question 31

After WWI, agricultural prices remained high T/F

Answer 31

False

Question 32

Banks and insurance companies increased employment opportunities for women. T/F

Answer 32

True

Question 33

In 1923, her recording of "Down Hearted Blues" sold over two million records. a) Big Ma Rainy b) Bessie Smith c) Ethel Merman

Answer 33

b) Bessie Smith

Question 34

National Life and Accident Insurance Company started the radio station WLAC in 1923 T/F

Answer 34

False

Question 35

The Bird of a Southern nation is a D.W. Griffith film from 1915. T/F

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Herbert Hoover was blamed for not doing enough to stop the Great Depression T/F

Answer 36

True

Question 37

Who was elected President in 1932 a) Franklin Roosevelt b) Herbert Hoover c) Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 37

a) Franklin Roosevelt

Question 38

The new president's program for ending the Depression was called the Fair Deal. T/F

Answer 38

False

Question 39

The Caldwell banking firm. was the first big TN casualty of the Depression. T/F

Answer 39

True

Question 40

The TVA was designed to bring electricity to rural areas of TN, Georgia, and Alabama T/F

Answer 40

True

Question 41

This entire city was built during the 1940s as a part of the Manhattan Project a) Atomic City b) Oak Ridge c) Farragut

Answer 41

b) Oak Ridge

Question 42

TN's climate and terrain made it perfect for military war games, the biggest of which were held in Middle TN in 1943. T/F

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Nashville's aircraft plant was the Boeing Aircraft Plant. T/F

Answer 43

False

Question 44

Because of the draft, thousands of ___ found work in TN's factories. a) Students b) Women c) Old People

Answer 44

b) Women

Question 45

Smyrna had an airbase during WWII T/F

Answer 45

True

Question 46

During the Great Depression, rural small farmers suffered less than urban residents. T/F

Answer 46

True

Question 47

The goal of the "alphabet programs" (WPA, CCC, PWA, etc.) was to a) Spend government money b) Build things the government had been putting off c) Provide employment

Answer 47

c) Provide employment

Question 48

Knoxville had bread lines. T/F

Answer 48

True

Question 49

TN saw a reverse migration from the cities to the farms. T/F

Answer 49

True

Question 50

African Americans saw gains in employment during the depression. T/F

Answer 50

False

Question 51

One of the first school desegregation cases took place at Clinton High School in Anderson County. T/F

Answer 51

True

Question 52

The first black undergraduates entered UT in January 1961. T/F

Answer 52

True

Question 53

This Supreme Court case opened the door for desegregation in 1954. a) Plessy v. Ferguson b) Brown v. Board of Education c) Can v. Clinton High School

Answer 53

b) Brown v. Board of Education

Question 54

The sewanee school in Monteagle educated Civil Rights activists from Rosa Parks to John Lewis. T/F

Answer 54

False

Question 55

Many of those involved with the Nashville Sit-Ins were influenced by Ghandi's ideology of non-violent resistance. T/F

Answer 55

True

Question 56

Ben West was the mayor of Nashville during the sit-ins. T/F

Answer 56

True

Question 57

John Lewis authored a set of instructions to be carried by Nashville sit-in participants. T/F

Answer 57

True

Question 58

MLK Jr. was assassinated in ___ on April 4, 1968. a) Birmingham b) Selma c) Memphis

Answer 58

c) Memphis

Question 59

MLK Jr. was in what city to show support for the striking garbage workers.

Answer 59

Memphis

Question 60

The victims of the Fayette County mass evictions in 1960 brought their plight to national attention by living in a tent city. T/F

Answer 60

True

Question 61

Disgruntled Southern Democrats formed the Dixiecrat Party because Harry Truman supported Civil Rights. T/F

Answer 61

True

Question 62

Why is the 1960 census significant? a) For the first time, blacks reached 25% b) Women outnumbered men c) For the first time, more than half of the population lived in urban areas of the state.

Answer 62

c) For the first time, more than half of the population lived in urban areas of state.

Question 63

In 1970, state government revenues totaled 800 million dollars. T/F

Answer 63

False

Question 64

Sam Phillips founded a) Bunny Bread b) Sun Records c) WLAC radio in Nashville

Answer 64

b) Sun Records

Question 65

Compared to other Southern States, TN was more moderate in its response to desegregation. T/F

Answer 65

True

Question 66

White Southerners established racist Citizens Councils to fight segregation. T/F

Answer 66

False

Question 67

Nashville had one of the strongest Citizens Councils in the state. T/F

Answer 67

False

Question 68

The Highlander School in Monteagle was a training ground for Civil Rights activists. T/F

Answer 68

True