New South

Which black educator delivered the "Atlanta Compromise" speech at the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta?

• W. E. B. DuBois

• Booker T. Washington

• Alonzo Franklin Herndon

• George Washington Carver

What was the effect of the use of literacy tests throughout the South after the U.S. Civil War?

• women were denied the right to vote

• an increase in voter turnout by African Americans

• the poor and African Americans not being allowed to vote

• an increase in the power of the Republican Party in the South

Who was Mary Phagan in Georgia's history?

• She was the interim governor of Georgia in 1913.

• She was killed in what became known as the "Leo Frank case."

• She was the first woman to serve in the Georgia General Assembly.

• She was responsible for providing information that prove Leo Frank's guilt.

What politician is credited with sponsoring this legislation of rural free delivery?

• Henry Grady: The Democrat Party

• John Gordon: The Bourbons

• Tom Watson: The Populists

• Hoke Smith: The Radical Republicans

Which of the following can be associated with the Plessy v. Ferguson case?

• Blacks could be denied the right to vote.

• “Separate but equal”

• Blacks and whites were equal.

• Schools must be integrated.

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

What did the outcome and aftermath of the Leo Frank case illustrate about Georgia in the early twentieth century?

• white Georgians’ resentment of northerners and people with different ethnic backgrounds

• Georgians’ support for increasing laborers' legal protections and improving their working conditions

• wealthy Georgians’ resistance to federal economic policies and the loss of state authority

• Georgians’ fear of the growing influence of communist and socialist activists in the United States

As a Congressional Representative from Georgia, Tom Watson supported reforms that MOST benefited which group?

• civil servants

• agrarian workers

• textile mill workers

• large plantation owners

What was a consequence of the Leo Frank case in the state of Georgia?

• the reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan

• the onset of an economic depression

• the disenfranchisement of African American voters

• the removal of justices of the Georgia Supreme Court

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.