Question

Approximately half of Georgia's Jewish population moved out of state

Jews who stayed became more assimilated, anti-Israel, and Christian
There was a strong revival of the Ku Klux Klan
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith began in Georgia in September 1913

What event in Georgia drew attention to questions of antisemitism throughout the state and the nation?

A)
Atlanta Race Riot of 1906


B)
looting of the Jewish Temple


C)
the lynching of Leo Max Frank


D)
burning of a cross on top of Stone Mountain

Answer 1

C) The lynching of Leo Max Frank

Answer 2

The answer is C) the lynching of Leo Max Frank.

Why is it C)? because the lynching of Leo Max Frank led to strong antisemitism fears in the early 1900s in Georgia. Frank was convicted in the murder of a young girl and a mob kidnapped him from prison and lynched him.