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New South Practice Assessment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the late 1800's and early 1900's, what were the laws passed to establish separate-but-equal facilities for different races?

a)

Discrimination Laws

b)

Slave Codes

c)

Separation Codes

d)

Jim Crow Laws

2.

Which of the following BEST describes Henry Grady's vision of The New South?

a)

It was becoming more industrial, was a great place for Northern industrialists to invest their money, and race relations were much improved.

b)

The South was maintaining "Old Southern traditions" like discrimination against African Americans.

c)

Farmers were the most important people in Georgia and politically, farmers were the people who "New South" politicians intended to reach.

d)

Southerners should ignore the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, and should encourage everyone to ignore the fact that they had lost the Civil War.

3.

SELECT FOUR: Which of the following were used to restrict the voting rights of African American's in Georgia?

a)

Poll taxes

b)

Grandfather clause

c)

Literacy tests

d)

Atlanta Compromise Speech

e)

White Primaries

4.

Which U.S. Supreme Court case allowed "separate-but-equal" facilities to be legal and acceptable?

a)

Franklin vs Ferguson

b)

Plessy vs Ferguson

c)

Worcester vs Georgia

d)

Jim Crow vs Georgia

5.
Which of the following was a goal of the Bourbon Triumvirate? 
a)
To help African Americans adjust to their new freedom by providing a strong free public education.
b)
To maintain what they called "old Southern traditions," which actually meant White supremacy, and discrimination against African Americans like legalized segregation.
c)
To provide women with suffrage, which is the right to vote.
d)
To encourage African Americans to participate in "The New South's" social, political, and economic activities as equal partners.
6.

What was the MAIN purpose of the International Cotton Exposition?

a)

To showcase Georgia's progress since the Civil War and promote investment in Georgia's new industries.

b)

To build new roads for mail delivery to rural farmers.

c)

To rally support for the Convict Lease System.

d)

To have participants listen to speeches by Henry Grady and Booker T. Washington.

7.

Which of the following statements is true about the Grandfather Clause?

a)

If your grandfather graduated from college, then you were eligible to vote.

b)

If your grandfather gave you permission to vote, you were eligible to vote.

c)

If your grandfather had voted in 1867, then you were eligible to vote no matter what the new laws said regarding "literacy."

d)

If your grandfather was a Civil War veteran, then you were eligible to vote.

8.

What were the Bourbon Triumvirate criticized for?

a)

They did not support a strong public school system or government services for the poor, and encouraged discrimination against African Americans.

b)

Nobody criticized them because they were such great guys, helping everyone around them while allowing their own businesses to suffer.

c)

White Georgians criticized them for openly supporting African American civil and economic rights.

d)

Large businesses criticized them for their support of small businesses and farms.

9.

These events intended to showcase the New Atlanta to possible northern investors. The intent was to get rich northerners to see that Georgia had changed, and was ”The New South!”

a)

The opening of the Atlanta Art Exhibit in Midtown

b)

The International Cotton Expositions

c)

The Georgia/Georgia Tech annual football game

d)

The merging of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper with the Atlanta Journal, creating the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution," or the AJC

10.

W.E.B. DuBois would most likely support which of the following?

a)

Religious equality

b)

Economic independence will lead to equality

c)

Immediate political and social equality

d)

Separate-but-equal facilities

11.

Which man received the greatest support from Georgia's White farmers due to his populist beliefs ?

a)

Henry Grady

b)

Leo Frank

c)

John B. Gordon

d)

Tom Watson

12.

Who could have been most likely overheard saying, "Hard work and entrepreneurship will take you places you have never dreamed of. I started with nothing and am truly living the American dream."?

a)

Henry Grady

b)

Tom Watson

c)

Joseph E. Brown

d)

Alonzo Herndon

13.

What was the immediate cause of the 1906 race riot?

a)

The Bourbon Triumvirate were dethroned by a violent mob of antisemitic citizens.

b)

False news articles about violent crimes committed by black men in a city already on edge due to racial tension.

c)

The Leo Frank trial was causing thousands of citizens to skip work and roam the streets in an effort to fix Atlanta's problems.

d)

The International Cotton Exposition had the complete opposite effect from what they intended.

14.

Which group of people would have been most likely to say the following quote: "We are truly the People's Party! We want fair working hours, minimum wage, and Tom Watson is the man!"?

a)

white supremacists

b)

suffragists

c)

populists

d)

republicans

15.

Who might have ended their speech with the following statement, "We have to change with the times or we will never recover from the Civil War. We need to move on from the Old South and embrace the New South, with improved racial relations and stronger business ties with the industrial north. New South! New South! New South! Rah rah rah!!!!!!"?

a)

Henry Grady

b)

John B. Gordon

c)

Alfred Colquitt

d)

Tom Watson

16.

Which of the following viewpoints might Booker T. Washington disagree with?

a)

Civil rights should be achieved immediately.

b)

Economic independence and hard work would result in equality and civil rights.

c)

Blacks and whites should work together to improve Georgia's economy.

d)

Vocational or technical education was essential for African Americans who sought equality.

17.

Which world view contributed to Leo Frank being falsely convicted of murder?

a)

sectionalism

b)

terrorism

c)

patriotism

d)

antisemitism

18.

Who believed social & political rights needed to be achieved before economic equality could happen?

a)

W. E. B. DuBois

b)

Henry Grady

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Joseph E. Brown

19.

Alonzo Herndon is praised for doing which of the following?

a)

Delivering the Atlanta Compromise Speech, encouraging African Americans to cooperate economically with the White population around the south.

b)

Creating Neighborhood Unions, which helped African Americans to organize and fight.

c)

Helping establish the NAACP, thus ensuring that all African Americans would gain equal civil rights immediately.

d)

Creating the Crystal Palace barber shop, the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, and becoming one of the wealthiest African Americans in his time.

20.

Why was Tom Watson's Rural Free Delivery bill an important improvement in Georgia?

a)

It allowed prisoners to be released from prison to deliver mail to rural farmers

b)

It allowed the International Cotton Exposition to come to Georgia

c)

It forced rural farmers to go into town to get their mail

d)

It led to improved infrastructure like roads and bridges, making rural farmers less isolated from city life