Unit 8 New South

By the end of the Reconstruction era, most African-Americans in the United States

• had received a free college education paid for by wealthy northerners.

• found themselves owners of the land their ancestors had worked on as slaves.

• began to migrate in massive numbers to the rural South to pursue farming jobs.

• found themselves increasingly left out of the political process because of poll taxes and literacy tests.

The purpose of Jim Crow laws was to

• prevent black citizens from obtaining employment.

• limit the religious activities of southern citizens.

• create as much division between the races as possible.

• make it illegal for black children to receive an education.

Which of these BEST describes the immediate effect of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision?

• States passed segregationist legislation and expanded Jim Crow.

• Southern blacks became fearful and moved to cities in the north.

• States tried to keep segregation and Jim Crow from becoming the law.

• Southerners protested peacefully and had sit-ins calling for their rights

During his "Atlanta Compromise" Speech, Booker T. Washington MOSTLY tried to

• make an independent state that would be for African Americans.

• immediately gain equal rights for blacks and to end segregation.

• force the government to give pieces of land to African Americans.

• convince whites that blacks would not strive for immediate equality.

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

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

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

• Washington was an accommodationist and DuBois believed that blacks should have the same rights as whites.

• Washington believed that blacks should protest peacefully while DuBois believed that violence was necessary.

In this passage, Washington is urging African Americans to

• start a new life in South America.

• work more closely with whites in the South.

• start a revolution against the United States.

• form groups to fight against the Ku Klux Klan.

What group was revived during the 1910s, speaking out against communists, immigrants, Catholics, Jews, and African-Americans?

• Nativist

• Ku Klux Klan

• Know Nothings

• Anti-Saloon League

Which statement BEST describes the "Leo Frank Case"?

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

• It involved the lynching of a Black man by a mob in Fulton County.

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

• It caused the death penalty to be halted in Georgia and around the United States.

All of the phrases are describing

• John Hope.

• Primus King.

• Lucius Holsey.

• Alonzo Herndon.

Which scenario would Booker T. Washington have supported MOST?

• a young African-American male training to become a mechanic

• programs to provide welfare for African-Americans in the South

• a young African-American male applying to college to study literature

• a young African-American male moving to Europe to escape racism and segregation