New South Era

What was the Bourbon Triumvirate?

• Three powerful Georgia politicians who dominated politics for over 20 years and promoted White Supremacy.
• A short lived political party made up of farmers.
• A series of three large events established to display Atlanta's growth and industry.

Who is Henry Grady?

• An attorney and politician who served as Georgia's 49th Governor .
• Leader of the Populist party. 
• Editor of the Atlanta Journal who promoted the "New South"

What were the International Cotton Expositions? 

• Events established to show off Atlanta's growth and industrial capabilities.
• A system that provided convict labor to private parties such as railroad companies. 
• A series of debates between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois on African American Rights.

Which of the following does not correctly describe Jim Crow Laws?

• Laws that made it illegal to discriminate based on race. 
• Laws created by state legislatures to deprive African Americans of their citizenship rights.
• Laws that enforce racial segregation.

Which of the following is NOT an example of disenfranchisement?

• Poll Tax
• Grandfather Clause
• Literacy Test
• Atlanta Race Riot

Segregation was made perfectly legal across the United States by which Supreme Court Case?

• Plessy V. Ferguson
• Brown V. Board of Education
• Worcester V. Georgia

The _______ was caused by economic competition and false newspaper accounts of African American men attacking white women. 

• International Cotton Expositions
• Jim Crow Laws
• Atlanta Race Riot
• Plessy V. Ferguson

Despite racial discrimination, this Georgian became a very successful businessman. He was the founder of the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company.

• Booker T. Washington
• W.E.B. Dubois
• Alonzo Herndon

This man was a Civil Rights activist of the New South Era who believed in a gradual approach to equality and focused on economic equality.

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

This man was a Civil Rights Activist who urged African Americans to get a college degree. He wanted full equality right away!

• Booker T. Washington
• W.E.B. Dubois
• Alonzo Herndon