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WorksheetsNew South to World War I
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following statements best describes the “Bourbon Triumvirate”?
a)
Southern Democrats who dominated Georgia politics during the late 1800s.
b)
Former slaves who served in the state legislature during Reconstruction.
c)
Southern leaders who wanted to see the South’s culture return to the way it was before the Civil War.
d)
Republicans who governed Georgia during Reconstruction.
2.
A small Georgia farmer who was suffering economically during the 1890s would have been drawn to which of the following?
a)
The Bourbon Triumvirate
b)
The New South
c)
Populist Party
d)
Progressive Party
3.
Who was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution who urged Georgians to create a New South?
a)
Tom Watson
b)
Rebecca Latimer Felton
c)
Henry Grady
d)
John Burns Hope
4.
Which statement would Henry Grady have most likely agreed with?
a)
Georgians should support the Populist movement.
b)
Agriculture is the backbone of the South and Georgians must do more to promote small farming.
c)
The South must become industrialized, like the North.
d)
Southern culture must be protected so northerners should return to the north.
5.
An advocate for the New South would have been most excited about which of the following:
a)
The International Cotton Exposition
b)
The Populist Movement
c)
The Suffrage Movement
d)
The County Unit System
6.
Who led Georgia’s farmers in the Populist Party?
a)
Rebecca Latimer Felton
b)
Tom Watson
c)
Henry Grady
d)
Booker T. Washington
7.
What effect did the International Cotton Exposition have?
a)
It demonstrated the injustice of the Jim Crow laws.
b)
It encouraged the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906.
c)
It led to World War I.
d)
It demonstrated that Georgia had come out of Reconstruction ready for industry.
8.
The county unit system favored
a)
Cities.
b)
Neighborhoods.
c)
Rural counties.
d)
Factories.
9.
Which notable African American leader believed that blacks should strive to be intellectuals and helped found the NAACP?
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Rebecca Latimer Felton
c)
Alonzo Herndon
d)
W.E.B. DuBois
10.
Which of the following best describes the relationship between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois?
a)
They were both leaders in the Populist movement.
b)
They did not like each other because they argued over poll taxes and literacy tests.
c)
They disagreed over what role African Americans should strive to play in society and the issue of segregation.
d)
They were close friends who worked together to win racial justice for African Americans.
11.
Who was the first African American professor of Morehouse College and president of Atlanta University?
a)
John Hope
b)
Rebecca Latimer Felton
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Alonzo Herndon
12.
The African American leader who supported a gradual approach to racial equality was
a)
W.E.B. DuBois.
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
c)
Booker T. Washington.
d)
Alonzo Herndon.
13.
What were grandfather clauses, poll taxes, and literacy tests intended to do?
a)
Disenfranchise African Americans
b)
Discriminate against Jews
c)
End segregation
d)
Protect African American voting rights
14.
A law which forbids a white man and a black man from sharing the same water fountain would be considered what?
a)
A Jim Crow law
b)
Integration
c)
Disenfranchisement
d)
A grandfather clause
15.
What was the basic premise behind the 1896 Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson?
a)
Women’s suffrage
b)
Destruction of Jim Crow laws
c)
Equal voting rights
d)
Separate but equal
16.
Alonzo Herndon was an example of which of the following?
a)
The success of the Populist movement in Georgia
b)
The financial success some African Americans achieved despite racism in the early 1900s
c)
The important role played by the Bourbons in the New South
d)
The important role played by the Bourbons in the New South
17.
Who was the social activist that was the first woman ever to serve in the U.S. Senate?
a)
Nancy Hart
b)
Lugenia Burns Hope
c)
Rebecca Latimer Felton
d)
Nancy Reagan
18.
The murder of Leo Frank was an example of
a)
Anti-Semitism.
b)
Frontier justice.
c)
opular Sovereignty.
d)
Prejudice against African Americans.
19.
The Leo Frank Case and Riot of 1906 are both examples of
a)
Legal segregation in Georgia.
b)
Outrage in Atlanta’s Jewish community over the Holocaust.
c)
Reactions of Supreme Court decisions striking down segregation.
d)
Racial ethnic tensions that existed in Georgia in during the early twentieth century.
20.
Atlanta Life Insurance Company, the largest African American stock-owned insurance company in the county, was begun by which former slave?
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. DuBois
c)
Alonzo Herndon
d)
John Hope
21.
Who established the Neighborhood Union to help African American citizens of Atlanta?
a)
Rebecca Latimer Felton
b)
Lugenia Burns Hope
c)
Alonzo Herndo
d)
W.E.B. DuBois
22.
Which of the following was a result of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
a)
His government collapsed
b)
World War I began
c)
World War II began
d)
World War I ended
23.
Which of the following is a reason why the U.S. decided to enter World War I?
a)
Mexico was planning to attack the U.S.
b)
German U-boat attacks made many Americans angry.
c)
The heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary was assassinated.
d)
The Triple Entente kept attacking U.S. ships.
24.
Which Georgia industry benefited during World War I?
a)
Construction
b)
Rice farming
c)
Fishing along the coasts
d)
Canning fruits and vegetables
25.
Which of the following is true regarding Georgia’s role during World War I?
a)
Most Georgians who fought had to be trained elsewhere due to Georgia’s lack of military bases.
b)
Georgia contributed textiles and agricultural products that helped the war effort.
c)
The war ended before Georgia could get involved.
d)
Very few Georgians volunteered to fight in the war.
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