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SS8H7

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

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

3.

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

4.
What is the goal of the New South movement?  
a)
Encourage and grow southern industry
b)
Encourage Slavery
c)
Promote Atlanta Newspapers
d)
Support Farmers
5.

When did the New South movement occur?

a)

after World War I

b)

During the Depression

c)

During the late 1800s, after Reconstruction

d)

Before Reconstruction

6.

Who was a writer and editor of the Atlanta Constitution and the main spokesman for the New South movement?

a)

John Pemberton

b)

Tom Watson

c)

Sidney Lanier

d)

Henry Grady

7.

For which newspaper was Henry Grady the editor?

a)

Atlanta Constitution

b)

Newman Times Herald

c)

Atlanta Journal

d)

Atlanta Times

8.

What crop dominated Georgia's agriculture from the early 1800s until the 1920s?

a)

Tobacco

b)

Rice

c)

Cotton

d)

Silk

9.

What were Jim Crow Laws?

a)

They set up schools for blacks.

b)

They protected the civil rights of blacks.

c)

They ended child labor.

d)

They enforced segregation in public places.

10.

Which answer choice BEST describes the practice shown in this illustration?

a)

racial violence

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

disenfranchisement

d)

intergration

11.

This group made a living by renting land, seed, tools and other necessities from a landlord in exchange for a portion of the harvest.

a)

sharecroppers

b)

tenant farmers

c)

slaves

d)

chain gangs

12.

False newspaper reports about black on white violence in Atlanta led to what issue in September of 1907?

a)

Atlanta Race Riot

b)

Leo Frank Trial

c)

International Cotton Exposition

d)

March on Washington

13.

The organization that was started in the South to oppose Black progress was the:

a)

Freedmen's Bureau

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Scalawags of the South

d)

Radical Republicans

14.

The organization that created schools so Blacks in the South could get educated was the:

a)

tenant farms

b)

Reconstruction colleges

c)

carpetbagging

d)

Freedmen's Bureau

15.

Separation of the races in the South was known as:

a)

differentiation

b)

integration

c)

Sharecropping

d)

Segregation

16.

Which amendments to the US Constitution guaranteed African-American males the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

17.

Which amendments to the US Constitution abolished slavery in the United States?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

18.

As a leader of the New South movement, what did Henry Grady support?

a)

blacks leaving the South to work in the North

b)

southerners growing more cotton for export

c)

northern investment in southern industry

d)

southern investment in northern factories

19.

What was the main purpose of the International Cotton Expositions that were held in Atlanta?

a)

to showcase the cotton gin

b)

bring visitors to Georgia

c)

help farmers find better ways to grow cotton

d)

showcase the industries of the New South

20.

The immediate cause of the riot that occurred in Atlanta in 1906 was

a)

the killing of a black family.

b)

blacks being denied the right to vote.

c)

the election of Hoke Smith as governor.

d)

news articles of black violence among whites.

21.

The murder trial of Leo Frank resulted in a(n)

a)

mistrial.

b)

acquittal.

c)

hung jury.

d)

death sentence.

22.

According to Plessy v. Ferguson, what Constitutional amendment was NOT violated by establishing "separate but equal" facilities?

a)

fifteenth

b)

sixteenth

c)

thirteenth

d)

fourteenth

23.

Who coined the term “New South”?

a)

Henry Grady

b)

Joseph Colquitt

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

John Gordon

24.

Who made up the Populist party?

a)

Democrats

b)

Republicans

c)

sharecroppers

d)

farmers

25.

What made Atlanta a great location to serve as Georgia's capital city?

a)

being able to ship goods on the Chattahoochee River

b)

access to railroad lines

c)

the Atlantic Ocean

d)

miles of Interstate Highways