SS8H7 Multiple Choice Review

1. What was the goal of the Bourbon Triumvirate?

• To fight for equal rights for African Americans

• To help the Populist movement

• To promote industry and maintain white supremacy

• To build public schools

2. Who was Henry Grady?

• A Confederate general

• A leader of the Populist Party

• A newspaper editor who supported the 'New South' and industrial growth

• A civil rights leader

3. What was the purpose of the International Cotton Expositions?

• To showcase Georgia’s agricultural failure

• To promote Northern migration

• To attract businesses and show economic progress in Georgia

• To protest segregation

4. Who was Tom Watson and what did he support?

• A supporter of civil rights

• A leader of the Populist Party who supported rural farmers

• A railroad tycoon

• A leader of the Union Army

5. What were Jim Crow laws?

• Laws that protected civil rights

• Laws that banned slavery

• Laws that enforced segregation and limited Black rights

• Laws that increased voting rights

6. What did Plessy v. Ferguson decide?

• Segregation was unconstitutional

• Black citizens could serve in Congress

• Separate but equal facilities were legal

• Women had the right to vote

7. What was the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre caused by?

• Peaceful protests

• False accusations and racial tension fueled by newspapers

• Voting rights being expanded

• Support for desegregation

8. How did Booker T. Washington believe Black people could achieve equality?

• Through immediate protests and court cases

• By focusing on vocational education and economic success

• By running for office

• By leaving the country

9. How did W.E.B. DuBois’s views differ from Booker T. Washington?

• He wanted Black citizens to wait for equality

• He believed equality should be earned slowly

• He believed in fighting immediately for civil rights through legal action

• He didn’t support education

10. Who was Alonzo Herndon?

• A Union general

• A Georgia governor

• A former slave who became a successful businessman in Atlanta

• A leader of the Populist Party