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WorksheetsNew South Unit Review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A group of three Southern governors of Georgia that kept political control during the "New South" time period.
a)
The Bourbon Triumvirate
b)
The Progressive Three
c)
The Populist Trio
d)
The Radical Republicans
2.
The editor of the Atlanta Constitution who wanted to see the South utilize its resources and become an industrial power.
a)
Henry Grady
b)
Tom Watson
c)
Joseph Brown
d)
Alfred Colquitt
3.
Women's voting rights were important to Populists and Progressives in order to
a)
Block votes for the Southern Democrats.
b)
Block votes for the Radical Republicans.
c)
It was important to Southern Democrats that women had the right to vote.
d)
It was important to Radical Republicans that women had the right to vote.
4.
Laws that required separate facilities for black and whites and were designed to deny Southern blacks of their civil rights.
a)
Prohibition Laws
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
Proclamation Laws
d)
Emancipation Laws
5.
What was the purpose of the grandfather clause?
a)
To allow anyone to vote that had a grandfather born in Georgia.
b)
To allow grandfathers to vote without paying a poll tax.
c)
To allow a veteran or descendant of a veteran to vote.
d)
To allow anyone to vote if a father or grandfather had voted before 1867.
6.
How did the grandfather clause discriminate against black voters?
a)
Blacks were not allowed to vote before 1867 so it made it impossible that a father or grandfather had voted in the past .
b)
It only allowed them to vote if one of their grandfathers had lived in Georgia their whole life.
c)
It did not allow them to vote if their grandfather was dead at the time of the vote.
d)
It only allowed them to vote if both grandfathers were still alive.
7.
Why did the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 take place?
a)
False reports of African American men attacking white women in the newspapers
b)
The Leo Frank Trial
c)
The Grandfather Clause
d)
Protests over Jim Crow Laws
8.
What was the purpose of the County Unit System?
a)
A move by Southern Democrats to ensure the votes in the rural areas had more power than urban votes.
b)
A move by Radical Republicans to ensure fair voting in all of Georgia.
c)
A move by Populists to make sure all elections were determined by the popular vote.
d)
A move by Progressives to make sure women would be allowed to vote in county elections
9.
The movement to help women get their voting rights was called
a)
Women's suffrage
b)
The Womens' Unity Parade
c)
The Million Women March
d)
The Women's Pact
10.
The term "New South" was the belief that the Southern economy should become more....
a)
dependent on cash crops and agriculture.
b)
focused on the resources available in the South to become industrialized.
c)
dependent on imports from foreign countries.
d)
focused on attracting Northerners to vacation in the South boosting a tourism industry.
11.
What was the main purpose of the International Cotton Exposition?
a)
To showcase the South's economy and attract Northern business investors.
b)
To sample cotton products from around the world.
c)
To sell cotton products to foreign countries
d)
To showcase the cotton gin to Southern farmers
12.
What group of politicians had most of the power during the New South era?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Progressives
c)
Populists
d)
Southern Bourbon Democrats
13.
Poor white and black farmers were more likely to support which political group?
a)
Progressives
b)
Populists
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Southern Bourbon Democrats
14.
Who was the leader of the Populist Party that proposed "RFD"-a mail delivery service that delivered along rural routes to farmers living away from big cities?
a)
Tom Watson
b)
John Hope
c)
Alonzo Herndon
d)
Alfred Colquitt
15.
This Progressive leader strongly supported:
-Prohibition-outlawing the use and sale of alcohol
-Childcare services
- the admission of women to the University of Georgia
-Prohibition-outlawing the use and sale of alcohol
-Childcare services
- the admission of women to the University of Georgia
a)
Rebecca Latimer Felton
b)
Lugenia Hope
c)
Nancy Hart
d)
Mary Musgrove
16.
This Supreme court case in 1896 ruled that segregation was acceptable. Public facilities were allowed to be "seperate but equal"
a)
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
b)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
c)
Brown vs. Board of Education
d)
Powell vs. Alabama
17.
This disfranchisement law made it hard for poor whites and African Americans to vote.
a)
Poll Tax
b)
Grandfather Clause
c)
Land Lottery
d)
White Primary
18.
This Jewish factory manager was falsely accused of the murder of a 13 year old worker. As a result of the governor of Georgia changing his sentence from death to life in prison, he was lynched by the KKK. His case was seen as a revival of the KKK in Georgia.
a)
Leo Frank
b)
Alonzo Mann
c)
Alfred Colquitt
d)
Tom Watson
19.
-Wanted African Americans to learn a trade
-Was in favor of segregation of blacks and whites.
-Was in favor of segregation of blacks and whites.
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. Dubois
c)
Alonzo Herndon
d)
John Hope
20.
-Wanted African Americans to get a college education
-Demanded equality for all groups of people
-Demanded equality for all groups of people
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. Dubois
c)
Alonzo Herndon
d)
John Hope
21.
This former slave became a millionaire starting a successful barber shop off Peachtree Street in Atlanta known as the Crystal Palace Barber Shop. He also started Atlanta Life Insurance which provided services for African Americans.
a)
Alonzo Herndon
b)
Fredrick Douglass
c)
John Hope
d)
Dred Scott
22.
This African American leader was president of Morehouse College in Atlanta. He helped start the Atlanta University Center: Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College. His contributions helped provide college opportunities for African Americans.
a)
John Hope
b)
Thomas Watson
c)
Henry Grady
d)
Booker T. Washington
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