Quiz on Southern History

The Rural Free Delivery bill is the most important accomplishment of which person?

• John Gordon

• Tom Watson

• Henry Grady

• Rebecca Felton

Who promoted the International Cotton Exposition as an event to showcase new southern industries and developed the phrase “New South?”

• Tom Watson

• John Gordon

• Henry Grady

• Rebecca Felton

Who was the leader of the Populist Party in Georgia?

• Tom Watson

• John Gordon

• Henry Grady

• Rebecca Felton

What is meant by the phrase “New South”?

• It shows the rest of the county that the South will never move away from its tradition of white supremacy.

• It shows the rest of the country that cotton will always remain king and be the cornerstone of the Southern economy.

• It shows the rest of the country that the South has not changed economically or socially since the end of the Civil War.

• It shows to the rest of the country that the South has moved on from Reconstruction and is now open for new business investment.

Which of the following correctly describes the convict-lease system?

• State governments lease convicts from other states to fill state prisons.

• State governments lease rooms in state prisons to those in need of housing.

• Convicts are leased to private businesses and industries by the state for labor.

• Convicts are able to pay the government to be freed earlier than their sentence requires.

Which of the following would the Bourbon Triumvirate have MOST LIKELY supported?

• setting aside public land for plantations

• extending voting rights to women and minorities

• improving access to education for African Americans

• Increasing the speed of industrialization in Georgia

Which of the following is a CORRECT description of the “grandfather clause”?

• Requiring a voter to pay a fee to cast a vote

• Requiring a voter to pass a test before casting a vote.

• Requiring a voter to accept unequal power in the legislature.

• Requiring a voter to prove their grandfather was eligible to vote in 1867.

Which of the following BEST completes the chart with the CAUSES of the Atlanta Race Riot?

• Literacy Tests

• Jim Crow Laws

• Job Competition

• Grandfather clause

Which of the following US Supreme Court cases is most directly related to the image above?

• Worcester v Georgia

• Dred Scott v Sanford

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Brown v Board of Education

Which of the following is a CORRECT description of a literacy test?

• Requiring a voter to pay a fee to cast a vote.

• Requiring a voter to pass a test before casting a vote.

• Requiring a voter to accept unequal power in the legislature.

• Requiring a voter to prove their grandfather was eligible to vote in 1867.