GMAS Review~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.

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

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.

How did the views of W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington about the best way to achieve equality differ?

• Du Bois believed African Americans should emigrate as they could not achieve equality in the United States

• Du Bois believed that improving the education system for African Americans would lead to racial equality.

• Du Bois believed that accepting segregation and disenfranchisement would lead to social equality.

• Du Bois believed that gaining political representation was the most important part of the struggle.

How did Alonzo Herndon seek to improve the lives of African Americans in Atlanta?

• by providing employment opportunities for college-educated members of the community

• by working to improve living conditions in the city's poorest segregated neighborhoods

• by funding health education campaigns to improve the well-being of the city's residents

• by organizing sit-ins and boycotts of Atlanta businesses that refused to serve African Americans