Milestone Minutes 13

What Reconstruction plan was too lenient?

• Johnson’s plan

• Lincoln’s plan

• Congress’ plan

What did many slaves become after the Civil War that offered them a share of the landowners crops?

• landowners

• Tenant farmers

• sharecroppers

What area was a major supply depot and transportation hub during the Civil War?

• Atlanta

• Savannah

• Milledgeville

• Augusta

Which of the following statements BEST describes the “Bourbon Triumvirate”?

• Southern leaders who wanted to see the South’s culture and economy return to the way it was before the Civil War.

• Republicans who governed in the South during Reconstruction.

• Former slaves who served in the state legislature during Reconstruction.

• Southern Democrats who dominated Georgia politics during the late 1800’s for about 20 years.

Which of the following were the members of the Bourbon Triumvirate?

• Tom Watson, Joseph Brown, and Henry Grady

• Henry Grady, Alfred Colquitt, Tom Watson

• Joseph Brown, Dred Scott, Abraham Lincoln

• John Gordon, Alfred Colquitt, Joseph Brown

Who was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper and coined the name “The New South”?

• Tom Watson

• Henry Grady

• John Gordon

• Alfred Colquitt

What event took place in Atlanta during the 1880s & 1890s that helped promote the "New South" and lure Northern investors into the region?

• International Cotton Exposition

• World's Fair

• Olympic Games

• Andersonville Prison Memorial Tours

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 was against the "New South" plan and wished to see Georgia stay with its old agricultural ways?

• Tom Watson

• Henry Grady

• John Gordon

• Joseph Brown

What were grandfather clauses, poll taxes, and literacy tests intended to do?

• Disenfranchise African Americans

• Discriminate against Jews

• End segregation

• Protect African American voting rights