New South Era

What organization helped freed slaves become educated and gave them supplies?

• Ku Klux Klan

• Red Cross

• Freedmen's Bureau

• N.A.A.C.P.

What was one of the goals of the Ku Klux Klan?

• To help religious and charity groups teach reading and other skills to newly freed men.

• To force freed men to become Christians and attend church regularly.

• To terrorize blacks and discourage them from exercising their rights.

• To help freed men relocate and find jobs that paid fair wages.

Which BEST describes Georgia's economy during the Reconstruction era?

• Cotton did not recover, so the state began to produce peaches.

• Cotton recovered but was destroyed in 1860s by the boil weevil.

• Cotton recovered and was produced again through sharecropping.

• Uneducated freedmen went to work in factories, shifting focus to manufacturing.

How is Sharecropping different from Tenant Farming?

• Tenant farmers owned the land and sharecroppers had to rent it.

• Sharecropping farmers were able to save much more than tenant farmers.

• Sharecroppers  rented the house only and tenant farmers rented the land only.

• Tenant farmers owned their equipment, and sharecroppers had to rent them on credit.

The movement New South was meant to encourage more   __________  in Georgia.

• agriculture

• industry

• interstate trade

• hydroponics

Also known as the People's Party, which political party represented the common man, especially farmers, and was against industrial interests?

• Democratic Party

• Republican Party

• Populist Party

• Alliance Party

Who promoted the "New South" and the Bourbon Triumvirate in his news articles in the Atlanta Constitution?

• Tom Watson

• Henry Grady

• John Gordon

• Joseph Brown

Who was against the "New South" plan, assisted farmers, and helped pass the Rural Free Delivery Act?

• Tom Watson

• Henry Grady

• John Gordon

• Joseph Brown

What were the laws that legalized racial segregation and required separate public facilities?

• Antisemitism Laws

• Plessy Laws

• Disenfranchisement Laws

• Jim Crow Laws

Which best defines disenfranchisement?

• Denying the right to vote, usually to African Americans during New South.

• Having public facilities for blacks and whites that are "separate but equal".

• A movement lead by Booker T Washington towards equality through education.

• The hatred against farmers, Jews, and poor whites during the New South Era.