The New South

The Supreme Court decision of Plessy v. Ferguson justified which action?

• indentured servitude

• racial segregation

• immigration quotas

• grandfather clauses

Which cause did Tom Watson and other Populists support at the turn of the twentieth century?

• reducing government regulations

• encouraging industrial development

• expanding rights for African Americans

• promoting the interests of farmers

As managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s, what did Henry Grady use the paper to promote?

• women's suffrage

• racial integration

• the unionization of labor

• southern industrial growth

Which THREE people were  part of the Bourbon Triumvirate, which controlled politics in Georgia between the 1870s and the 1890s?

• Joseph E. Brown

• Alfred H. Colquitt

• John B. Gordon

• Henry Grady

• Tom Watson

Why did Tom Watson and other notable members of the Populist Party criticize Henry Grady for his work with the Atlanta Constitution?

• for encouraging women to demand the right to vote

• for supporting industry over the interests of farmers

• for supporting the interests of white supremacists

• for promoting equal rights for African Americans

How were the members of the Bourbon Triumvirate similar?  Select all that apply.

• All three supported raising taxes.

• All three were white supremacists

• All three were originally from the North.

• All three supported industrial development.

• All three were opponents of Jim Crow laws.

Which of the following BEST supports the claim that the International Cotton Exposition of 1881 was an important success for Georgia?

• It established new markets abroad for textiles.

• It spread the plantation system to other regions.

• It encouraged small-scale agricultural operations.

• It attracted significant industrial resources from the north.

In the late nineteenth century, many areas of the south enacted Jim Crow laws. Which TWO of the following were purposes of these laws?

• to segregate African Americans and white people

• to ensure the protection of African American culture

• to deny economic opportunities to African Americans

• to maintain white control of the government and politics

• to help African Americans achieve economic independence

Despite the ratification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, many southern states kept African Americans from exercising their right to vote  during the "Jim Crow Era." Why were they able to do this?

• Southern states passed laws that superseded federal laws.

• African Americans did not try to vote because they did not believe their votes would count.

• The federal government did not adequately enforce the amendments.

• The southern states did not ratify the amendments so they did not have to follow them.

The US Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

• banned Jim Crow laws.

• banned segregated schools.

• allowed the racial segregation of public facilities.

• allowed states to adopt grandfather clauses for voting.