New South

Which prominent supporter of his community is pictured and described below?

● Born a slave in Social Circle in 1858

● Owned and operated 3 barber shops in Atlanta

● Started Atlanta Life Insurance Association

● Atlanta’s first African American millionaire

• Leo Frank

• Alonzo Herndon

• Booker T. Washington

• W. E. B. DuBois

The 1913 Georgia case against a Jewish man sparked fear and anti-Semitism in the South. Though testimonies and evidence were presented against Leo Frank, many believed the case against him was fabricated. Although he was initially found guilty, what event prevented him from serving his full sentence?

• A group from Marietta kidnapped Frank and hanged him from an oak tree

• Frank became ill with cholera, and was found dead in his cell in 1914

• A night shift worker from the factory eventually confessed to the murder.

• Frank’s lawyers filed an appeal, and Frank was later found innocent

The Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v Ferguson (1896) basically

• preventing people from voting based on race.

• discrimination of women in the workplace.

• housing discrimination against ethnic groups.

• the segregation of people according to race.

Which influential historian and civil rights activist is pictured and described below?

● Born a slave in Virginia

● Educator, speaker, author, community leader

● Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in 1881

● Famous “Atlanta Compromise” speech in 1895

• George Washington Carver

• Booker T. Washington

• Fredrick Douglas

• W. E. B. DuBois

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

• DuBois wanted to negotiate with white leaders, but Washington believed that total segregation was needed.

• DuBois wanted immediate equality for blacks, while Washington wanted to use a slower approach for change.

• There were no differences between them, both DuBois and Washington wanted equality as fast as possible.

• Washington wanted to negotiate with white leaders, but DuBois believed that total segregation was needed.

Which statement BEST describes the “Leo Frank Case”?

• involved the lynching of a black man by a mob in Fulton County

• allowed the death penalty to resume in Georgia and around the United States

• causes the death penalty to be halted in Georgia and around the United States

• involved the lynching of a Jewish man by a mob in Cobb County

Which event is being described?

● Newspapers printed untrue reports of black men attacking white women

● White mobs killed and wounded dozens of blacks

● White mobs inflicted substantial property damage in Atlanta

• Cotton States Exposition

• Plessy v. Ferguson verdict

• Atlanta Race Riot of 1906

• Leo Frank verdict

Which influential historian and civil rights activist is pictured and described above?

● Born in Massachusetts

● First African-American to earn a PhD from Harvard University in 1895

● Co-founder of NAACP in 1909

• Frederick Douglas

• George Washington Carver

• W. E. B. DuBois

• Booker T. Washington

In the first half of the 20th century, literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses were passed by the southern states in order to

• disenfranchise African Americans.

• help pay for the growing New Deal programs.

• end the Reconstruction Era.

• deny suffrage to women.

The Southern laws which ensured that blacks and whites attended separate schools and churches, drank from separate water fountains, rode in separate railroad cars, and visited separate parks and recreational facilities were BEST known as

• Populist laws.

• Regressive laws.

• Jim Crow laws.

• Black Code.