New South

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.

The Southern laws which ensured that blacks and white attended separate schools, drank from separate water fountains, attended separate churches, rode in separate railroad cars, and visited separate parks and recreational facilities were BEST known as (H7b)

• Black Code
• Jim Crow Laws
• Populist laws
• Regressive laws

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.

Which event is being described?  (H7b)

Newspapers printed untrue reports of black men attacking white women
White mobs killed and wounded dozens of blacks
White mobs inflicted substantial property damage in Atlanta

• Atlanta Race Riot of 1906.
• Cotton States Exposition.
• Leo Frank verdict.
• Plessy v. Ferguson verdict.

Which influential historian and civil rights activist is pictured and described

• W.E.B DuBois
• Fredrick Douglas
• Booker T. Washington
• George Washington Carver

Which influential historian and civil rights activist is pictured and described

• W.E.B. DuBois
• Fredrick Douglas
• Booker T. Washington
• George Washington Carver

Which of these BEST describes the differences between W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington? (H7c)

• 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.
• DuBois wanted immediate equality for Blacks, while Washington wanted to use a slower approach for change.
• There were no differences between them, both DuBois and Washington wanted equality as fast as possible.

Which prominent supporter of his community is pictured and described

• Booker T. Washington
• Leo Frank
• W.E.B. DuBois
• Alonzo Herndon

The 1913 Georgia case against a Jewish man sparked fear and anti-Semitism in the South. Though testimonies and evidence were presented against Leo Frank, many believed the case against him was fabricated. Although he was initially found guilty, what event prevented him from serving his full sentence?  (H7d)

• Frank’s lawyers filed an appeal, and Frank was later found innocent
• A group from Marietta kidnapped Frank and hung him from an oak tree
• Frank became ill with cholera, and was found dead in his cell in 1914
• A night shift worker from the factory eventually confessed to the murder.