What's New About the New South SS8H7

Populists like Tom Watson believed that some Americans needed more support in the New South. Populists worked to help

• Bankers

• Railroad executives

• Farmers

• Plutocrats

Booker T Washington encouraged African American citizens to focus on industry and agriculture instead of political efforts for civil rights. This was called

• the Atlanta Convention

• the Atlanta Compromise

• the Atlanta Confrontation

• the Atlanta Corporation

Henry Grady was

• a Confederate veteran who ran for governor

• a farmer who planted cotton as a cash crop

• a newspaper editor who gave speeches about the New South

• a doctor who started a hospital that is now named for him

The convict lease system

• allowed business owners to pay the state to have prisoners work for them

• allow convicts in state prisons to work for real estate companies

The International Cotton Expositions in Atlanta

• showed off Atlanta’s growth and industrial capabilities

• showed off Atlanta's amazing car manufacturing industries

• featured buildings that were made entirely out of cotton

• tried to convince Northern investors to spend money in the region

During the New South era, many people continued to rely on ____________ as their only cash crop instead of diversifying into other crops to make money.

• pecans

• peaches

• cotton

• kohlrabi

Sharecropping meant that farmers who did not own land could work on someone else's land to plant crops. The sharecropper then

• sold the crop and kept all the profits

• sold the crop and kept none of the profit

• earned a part of any profit from selling the crop

"For a brief period during Reconstruction, African American freedmen were given more political rights than they had ever had and would not have again for 100 years."

• False. Freedmen did not have the right to vote at any point during Reconstruction.

• True. The 15th amendment was enforced by the federal government in Southern states like Georgia.

• False. Black men AND women both had the right to vote during Reconstruction.

Tom Watson

• worked to help poor farmers and sharecroppers.

• was governor of Georgia

• started the Rural Free Delivery system so farmers could get their mail at home

• was a Marvel superhero

What was the Progressive Era?

• A time of increased civil rights for women and African Americans

• A time of increased industrialization such as textile mills in Georgia

• A time of increased efforts by reformers to protect children and to keep food safe