SS8H7 a The New South and GA

What was the main purpose of the International Cotton Exposition?

• to attract businesses from the North to invest and promote industry in Georgia

• get ideas from foreign countries to help South

• To advertise the businesses already in Georgia

• to protest segregation and violence i n the South

Which description most clearly defines the meaning of the phrase "New South"?

• change into a more agricultural society

• increase the rights of African-Americans

• build freedmen's bureaus to help newly freed slaves

• develop new factories and become less dependent on farming

How are the Bourbon Triumvirate and Henry Grady similar?

• wanted more rights for African-Americans

• wanted more segregation in the South

• wanted more farming in the South

• wanted more business and industry in the South

What was the (RFD) Bill?

• took trash away for free from farmers of GA

• Daily, free, delivered mail to rural farmers of GA

• provided food for free to the freedmen in GA

• gave fire trucks for free to farmers of GA

Who did Tom Watson and the Populist Party help?

• farmers and poor people

• rich, white business owners

• mine and railroad owners

• European textile factory owners

Choose the men who were in the Bourbon Triumvirate.

Choose all that apply

• Joseph E. Brown

• Alfred Colquitt

• John B. Gordon

• Tom Watson

Choose the 3 answers below that describe the goals of the Bourbon Triumvirate, CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY

• To create jobs and improve the lives of poor Georgians.

• For Georgia to be more self sufficient through producing it's own goods.

• For northern businessmen to invest in Georgia's textile industry

• For Georgia's to focus on agriculture instead of industry

Choose the 3 answers below that describe how Henry Grady attempted to shape the New South. Choose all that apply

• Get northern investors to invest in Georgia's textile industry

• Helped pass the (RFD) Rural Free Delivery Bill.

• Promoted and helped organize Atlanta to host the Cotton Expositions

• Used his voice as a journalist to support the industrialization of Georgia.

Who was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution who urged Georgian's to create a " New South" He was considered the " Spokesman of the South"

• Tom Watson

• Henry Grady

• Alfred Colquitt

• Joseph Brown

Who was the leader of the Populist Party and member of the Farmers Alliance in the 1890's ?

• Henry Grady

• Joseph E. Brown

• Tom Watson

• John B. Gordon