Unit 6 New South Part 3

The Leo Frank case and Atlanta Riot of 1906 are both examples of what trait common in Georgia at that time?

• outrage in Atlanta's Jewish community
• ethnic tensions that existed among various groups
• violent responses to legal segregation throughout the South
• reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court Plessy v. Ferguson decision

Who founded the Tuskegee Institute and delivered his famous "Atlanta Compromise" speech at the 1895 Cotton States Exposition?

• Tom Watson
• W. E. B. DuBois
• Alonzo Herndon
• Booker T. Washington 

Why were "Jim Crow" laws passed in Georgia and throughout the South?

• to end segregation policies
• to enforce segregation policies
• to encourage industrial growth
• to protect African American civil rights

What was the basic decision of the 1896 Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Women were allowed to have sufferage (voting rights), but not the right to hold political office.
• African Americans and whites would be separate, but provided equal public facilities.
• Jim Crow laws would be eliminated for all, but women would not yet have the right to vote.
• Voting rights would be equal under certain conditions, but disenfranchisement not allowed.

Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois?

• They did not like each other because they disagreed over segregation.
• They were both leaders in the Populist Party who wanted farmers to organize.
• They were close friends who worked together to win racial justice for African Americans.
• They disagreed over the best approach to African American civil rights and economic roles.

About what issue or event would a New South supporter have been MOST excited?

• the Atlanta International Cotton Expositions
• the women’s suffrage movement
• the Rural Free Delivery Bill
• the Populist movement

Why did Tom Watson believe that the Rural Free Delivery Bill would benefit Georgia farmers?

• It would allow factory owners in the cities to leave their farms and take higher-paying factory jobs.
• It would give country folks more job opportunities delivering mail instead of only working on farms.
• It would allow farmers to gain more information about about new technologies being developed in the cities.
• It would bring them communication that would would result in less isolation beyond their own community.

What industry experienced the MOST growth in Georgia during the late 19^th and early 20^th Centuries?

• textiles
• tourism
• forestry
• agriculture

What was the term for fees charged to many African Americans to be able vote?

• poll tax
• survey fee
• registration tax
• voter identification fee

Who would MOST likely have said, “I started my political career helping both African Americans and white farmers, but later turned into a white supremacist, only working to support white farmers.”

• Tom Watson
• Henry Grady
• Joseph Brown
• Alfred Colquit