New South 2020 II

Wanted Northern Investment

• New South

• New Deal

• New England

• Old South

Tom Watson feared Grady's and the Bourbon Triumvirate's New South ideas might hurt:

• farmers

• factory workers

This political party was all about helping farmers

• Populist

• Democrat

• Whig

• Republican

The International Cotton Exposition wanted to attract:

• hardcore farmers

• Northern investors

In Plessy v. Ferguson the U.S. Supreme Court upheld/supported ____________ laws in the South.

• immigration

• segregation

• business

• criminal

The Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v Ferguson (1896) basically legalized (H7b)

• discrimination of women in the workplace.
• the segregation of people according to race.
• preventing people from voting based on race.
• housing discrimination against ethnic groups.

In the first half of the 20th century, literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses were passed by the southern states in order to (H7b)

• deny suffrage to women.
• end the Reconstruction Era.
• disenfranchise African Americans.
• help pay for the growing New Deal programs.

The attempt to remove the vote is called?

• voter fraud

• disfranchisement

• suffrage

• none of the above

What was the main purpose of Atlanta play host to the International Cotton Expositions (1881, 1885, 1895)?

• They hoped to show that Atlanta had many different economic capabilities

• They helped to boost Georgia's international image by hosting a series of athletic competitions.

• They proved that Atlanta was no longer discriminating against its Black citizens.

• They showed that Georgia was the only choice for buying cotton in the Southeast.

As a Populist Georgia politician, Tom Watson fought for the rights of (H7a)

• bankers and lawyers.
• industrialists and manufacturers.
• farmers and the working class.
• immigrants and northerners.