WorksheetsThe New South- Chapter 15-16
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was not an exemption from the literacy test?
a)
grandfather clause
b)
all white people
c)
any person who owned at least 40 acres of land
d)
persons of good character who understood the duties of citizenship
2.
Which of the following was not a political goal of the Farmer’s alliance organization?
a)
more railroads
b)
better schools
c)
better roads
d)
changes in tax laws
3.
Which of the following was not a subject of Progressive reforms?
a)
child labor
b)
prisons
c)
civil rights
d)
moral behavior
4.
The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
a)
prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
b)
gave women the right to vote
c)
set up a juvenile justice system
d)
ended the convict lease system
5.
The convict lease system
a)
allowed private companies to “rent” persons
convicted of serious crimes
b)
released prisoners early for good behavior
c)
required prisoners to work on state prison farms
or county public roads
d)
allowed prisoners to earn money by leasing their services
6.
The struggle for woman suffrage in Georgia was led by
a)
Selena Sloan Butler
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Elizabeth Stanton
d)
Rebecca Felton
7.
Which of the following was not a way in which Georgia politicians disfranchised blacks?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
poll taxes
c)
literacy tests
d)
white primary
8.
The political group that was the most successful in promoting white supremacy was the
a)
Bourbon Democrats
b)
Populists
c)
Alliance
d)
Progressives
9.
Which of the following was not an organization to stop the sale of liquor in Georgia?
a)
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
b)
Suffragettes
c)
Anti-Saloon League
d)
The Methodist Church
10.
Members of the People’s party were more commonly known as
a)
Populists
b)
Progressives
c)
Redeemers
d)
Independents
11.
What event led to statewide prohibition?
a)
the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
b)
Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
c)
The 1890 election of Tom Watson
d)
The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
12.
In the late 1800s, most Georgians earned their living by
a)
working in factories
b)
working in the service industry
c)
farming
d)
working in the North during part of the year
13.
The purpose of Georgia’s great cotton exposition was to
a)
encourage business to build industries in the state
b)
encourage workers to come to the state
c)
encourage farmers to send their cotton to Georgia to processed
d)
show off the quality of Georgia cotton
14.
Many northern companies built textile mills in Georgia because of
a)
its low taxes, mild climate, and cheap labor
b)
the availability of capital, inexpensive
transportation costs, and cheap utilities
c)
its centralized location, plentiful capital, and
an abundance of cotton
d)
the mild climate, plentiful capital, and low
taxes
15.
The Atlanta Race Riot was
a)
an isolated example of racial violence
b)
the last violent act before
blacks and whites began working together to solve
their problems.
c)
brought about by the Leo Frank Trial
d)
typical of the violence by whites against blacks
16.
Georgia's Black Belt was located
a)
in the Ridge and Valley Region
b)
along the Fall Line
c)
on the coast
d)
along the Georgia-Florida border
17.
A farmer's most valuable possession was his
a)
labor
b)
crop
c)
tools
d)
seeds
18.
The city of Atlanta was developed around
a)
a railroad
b)
textile mills
c)
the banking industry
d)
the Fall Line
19.
The Atlanta Compromise was an
a)
idea that blacks should have the
same privileges and rights as any American
citizen.
b)
idea that social and political
equality would come only after blacks learned a
skill and became self-sufficient
c)
agreement between white and black
leaders in Atlanta
to stop the lynchings and race riots
d)
agreement that facilities for blacks and whites
would be separate and equal
20.
As a reaction to racial discrimination and violence in the early 1900s, African Americans
a)
fought back through the court system
b)
elected black leaders to help them
c)
began leaving in large numbers for jobs in the
North
d)
joined the Niagara Movement
21.
The number of black officeholders dropped dramatically in the years following Reconstruction.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
The General Assembly voted to keep Atlanta as the state capital.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that if equal facilities were provided for both races, then they could be legally separate.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
The child labor law prohibited any child under the age of 18 from working in a factory.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
By 1910, one out of every three residents in Georgia lived in a village, town, or city.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Even after the compulsory school attendance law was passed, a child could be excused from school for seasonal agricultural labor
a)
True
b)
False
27.
The largest economic fair was the Cotton States and International Exhibition at which Buffalo Bill Cody entertained and Booker T. Washington made a speech.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
The first public schools in Georgia were open only six months a year.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
In his newspaper articles, Tom Watson extended his hatred for blacks to include Jews and Catholics
a)
True
b)
False
30.
The primary risk to a tenant farmer was losing his crop to bad weather.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
taking away the right to vote
a)
crop lien
b)
local option
c)
disfranchisement
d)
tenant farming
32.
allowing citizens of a country of city to vote on whether a particular law will apply in their community
a)
local option
b)
tenant farming
c)
disfranchisement
d)
crop lien
33.
a legal claim on a farmer's crop as payment for a loan given to grow that
a)
sharecropping
b)
crop lien
c)
tenant farming
d)
local farm
34.
a system of farming in which the farmer does not own the land but rents it for wages or for a share of the crop he produces
a)
crop lien
b)
sharecropping
c)
tenant farming
d)
farm share
35.
A system of farming in which the farmer works someone else's land for a portion of the crops
a)
sharecropping
b)
tenant farming
c)
crop lien
d)
franchising
36.
Campaigned to replace the Reconstruction Constitution of 1868
a)
Henry Grady
b)
Rebecca Felton
c)
Hoke Smith
d)
Robert Toombs
37.
editor of the Atlanta Constitution and promoter of the New South Movement
a)
Henry Grady
b)
Hoke Smith
c)
Robert Toombs
d)
Tom Watson
38.
Sponsor of RFD
a)
Rebecca Felton
b)
Tom Watson
c)
Hoke Smith
d)
Robert Toombs
39.
leader in the prohibition and suffrage movements
a)
Tom Watson
b)
Rebecca Felton
c)
Hoke Smith
d)
Henry Grady
40.
helped pass a law creating the Agricultural Extension Service
a)
Hoke Smith
b)
Tom Watson
c)
Henry Grady
d)
Robert Toombs
41.
Druggist who created Coca Cola as a medicine
a)
Asa Candler
b)
John Pemberton
c)
Robert Woodruff
d)
W.E.B. DuBois
42.
founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Robert Woodruff
c)
Asa Candler
d)
John Pemberton
43.
Made Coca Cola a refreshing drink
a)
Asa Candler
b)
John Pemberton
c)
Robert Woodruff
d)
Booker T. Washington
44.
made Coca Cola an international product
a)
Asa Candler
b)
John Pemberton
c)
Robert Woodruff
d)
W.E.B. Dubois
45.
helped to establish the NAACP
a)
John Pemberton
b)
Robert Woodruff
c)
W.E.B. Dubois
d)
Booker T. Washington
46.
Which came first?
a)
Georgia prohibition law
b)
Atlanta Race Riot
47.
Which came first?
a)
literacy test
b)
poll tax
48.
Which came first?
a)
Jim Crow Law
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
49.
Which came first?
a)
The Grange farmer organization comes to Georgia
b)
Farmers' Alliance is created
50.
Which came first?
a)
Niagara Movement in organized
b)
NAACP is founded
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