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GA Studies Unit 6 Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who coined the term “New South”?  
a)
Henry Grady
b)
Joseph Colquitt
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
John Gordon
2.
 What group of three men supported the New South movement and dominated Georgia politics in the late 1800’s?  
a)
Bourbon Triumvirate
b)
Atlanta Triumvirate
c)
Populist Party
d)
Farmers Alliance
3.
What industrial fair highlighted the growth and improvements of Georgia’s textile industry?  
a)
International Cotton Exposititon
b)
Cotton Warehouse
c)
Cotton Pickin Fair
d)
Georgia State Fair
4.
Which Georgia senator argued for farmers’ rights, helped pass the Rural Free Delivery Bill, and became the leader of the Populist Party? 
a)
Rebecca Latimer Felton
b)
Tom Watson
c)
John Gordon
d)
Booker T. Washington
5.
What was the Rural Free Delivery Bill? 
a)
Provide free mail delivery to rural areas (farmers)
b)
Provided Farmers with free equipment. 
c)
Provided Rural counties with more votes in elections. 
6.
Who campaigned for women’s rights, became active in politics as William H. Felton’s campaign manager, and replaced Tom Watson becoming the first female US senator?
a)
Rebecca Latimer Felton
b)
Lugenia Burns Hope
c)
John Hope
d)
Alonzo Herndon
7.
What set of laws were passed to segregate the South?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Separation Laws
c)
Black Codes
d)
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 
8.
Which activist believed that African-Americans should quietly accept social segregation while receiving vocational training and working hard?
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. DuBois
c)
John Hope
d)
Alonzo Herndon
9.
Which activist believed that college educated African-Americans should lead speak out against discrimination and argue for full political, civil and social rights?
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Tom Watson
d)
Lugenia Burns Hope
10.
  Which organization was created by W.E.B. DuBois to protect the equal rights of African-Americans?
a)
NAACP
b)
NCAA
c)
NFL
d)
NHL
11.
Which activist was an African American barber, businessman, and founder of the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company ?
a)
Alonzo Herndon
b)
W.E.B. DuBois
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
John Hope
12.
Name the three men who were the members of the Bourbon Triumvirate. 
a)
Colquitt, Brown, and Gordon
b)
Washington,DuBois, and Brown
c)
Washington, Colquitt, and Hope
d)
Herndon, Hope, and DuBois
13.
  What was the ruling of the Plessy v. Ferguson case? 
a)
Separate but equal
b)
Separate but unequal
c)
Divided and Fair
d)
Jim Crow
14.
How did white Southerners attempt to disenfranchise African-Americans?          
a)
1. literacy tests
2. Poll tax
3. inconvenient registration times
4. KKK
5. white democratic primary
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
1. literacy tests 
2. Leo Frank Case 
3. International Cotton Expo
4. Atlanta Riot of 1906
5. Jim Crow Laws
15.
What does disenfranchisement mean?
a)
To unfairly separate people into groups.
b)
To take away the right to vote.
c)
To segregate.
16.
a disenfranchisement policy that made voters pass a reading and writing test
a)
Literacy Test
b)
Poll Tax
c)
Grandfather Clause
17.
a disenfranchisement policy that made voters pay a fee to vote; this excluded poor whites and blacks
a)
Literacy Test
b)
Poll Tax
c)
Grandfather Clause
18.
disenfranchisement law that said if a person's father could vote before the Civil War they would be able to vote as well.
a)
Literacy Test
b)
Poll Tax
c)
Grandfather Clause
19.
trial where a Northern Jewish pencil factory manager was accused of murdering 13 year old Mary Phagan; found guilty of the crime and sentenced to death, his sentence was later reduced to life due to additional evidence. However, a group of men calling themselves "the Knights of Mary Phagan" took him out of his prison cell and lynched him in Marietta.
a)
Miranda v. Arizona
b)
Leo Frank Case
c)
Milledgeville Mission
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
20.
a series of three large events (1881, 1885, 1895) established to display Atlanta's growth and industrial capabilities and to lure Northern investment to the region.
a)
Dairy Festival
b)
Georgia National Fair
c)
International Cotton Exposition
d)
Convict Lease System