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New South Era

Authored by Tracy Mallory

Social Studies

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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

Ku Klux Klan

Red Cross

Freedmen's Bureau

N.A.A.C.P.

2.

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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.

3.

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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.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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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.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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

agriculture

industry

interstate trade

hydroponics

6.

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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

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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

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