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Worksheets8-5.4 Tillman and Populist Party
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who were Ben Tillman's main supporters?
a)
African Americans
b)
Lowcountry elite
c)
Poor, white farmers
d)
Textile workers
2.
Why did Ben Tillman not support the national Populist Party?
a)
A. Tillman did not agree with the Populist Party’s policy to help black farmers.
b)
B. Tillman did not want federal farm loans to help farmers pay off their debts.
c)
C. Tillman was opposed to the Bourbon Redeemer policies in South Carolina.
d)
D. Tillman was a demagogue and wanted to stir up racial hatred in South Carolina.
3.
Which of the following ideas did Ben Tillman support?
a)
Political and social equality for blacks
b)
Women’s right to vote and hold office
c)
Civil rights and more education for blacks
d)
Segregation and white supremacy
4.
Why did Governor Ben Tillman want a new South Carolina state constitution in 1895?
a)
A. Supported legalization of southern vigilante groups
b)
B. Wanted to disfranchise black voters and keep Democrats in power
c)
C. Supported the legalization of public school integration in the state
d)
D. Wanted to restrict the right of women to own property
5.
Which political party controlled South Carolina after the election of 1876?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Conservative Democrats
c)
Liberal Tories
d)
Green Party
6.
Who were the Conservative Democrats “redeeming” South Carolina from?
a)
Democrats
b)
Libertarians
c)
Republicans
d)
Anarchists
7.
What political and social goals did the Conservative Democrats have?
a)
control by the elite and with limited taxes
b)
control by the poor and high taxes
c)
control by the middle class and no taxes
d)
control by the elite and high taxes
8.
Which if the following is NOT a way that Conservative Democrats tried to disenfranchise African Americans (and most poor whites)?
a)
Gerrymandering
b)
Poll Tax
c)
Eight Box Law
d)
Two Bowl Tax
9.
What is gerrymandering?
a)
creating political districts in a way that ensures winning
b)
choosing twelve districts for the games
c)
drawing lines to separate rich and poor whites
d)
building walls in neighborhoods
10.
What leader did poor whites in South Carolina begin to follow?
a)
Wade Hampton
b)
Fritz Hollings
c)
Strom Thurmond
d)
Ben Tillman
11.
What political platform did Ben Tillman run on in the state?
a)
conservatism
b)
farmer's alliance
c)
white superiority
d)
libertarianism
12.
What effect did Tillman’s political platform have on race relations in the state?
a)
the rise of the red shirts
b)
the fall of populism
c)
peaceful race relations
d)
the reemergence of terrorism
13.
How did a literacy test limit voting in South Carolina?
a)
voters had to be born in South Carolina
b)
voters had to learn a new language
c)
voters had to be able to read
d)
voters had to speak Gullah
14.
What did the “grandfather clause” do?
a)
allowed voting if their grandfathers had been able to vote in 1860
b)
allowed people to vote if they owned land in 1860
c)
allowed voting if your ancestors were Irish
d)
allowed voting based on socio-economic factors
15.
What policy did Jim Crow Laws require in South Carolina?
a)
integration of schools
b)
segregation of schools
c)
integration of textile mills
d)
segregation of textile mills
16.
What was the ruling in Plessy v Ferguson?
a)
that people could travel to Cuba
b)
that railroads were being replaced
c)
that “separate-but-equal” was illegal
d)
that “separate-but-equal” was legal
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