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Unit 6 - New South V2.0

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which black educator delivered the "Atlanta Compromise" speech at the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta in which he overlooked social segregation of the races as long as educational and economic opportunities were equal?

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

W.E.B Dubois

c)

Alonzo Herndon

d)

George Washington Carver

2.
A group of three Southern governors of Georgia that kept political control during the "New South" time period.
a)
The Bourbon Triumvirate
b)
The Progressive Three
c)
The Populist Trio
d)
The Radical Republicans
3.

The editor of the Atlanta Constitution who wanted to see the South utilize its resources and become an industrial power. Coined the term "New South"

a)

Henry Grady

b)

Tom Watson

c)

Joseph Brown

d)

Alfred Colquitt

4.
Laws that required separate facilities for black and whites and were designed to deny Southern blacks of their civil rights.
a)
Prohibition Laws
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
Proclamation Laws
d)
Emancipation Laws
5.
How did the grandfather clause discriminate against black voters?
a)
Blacks were not allowed to vote before 1867 so it made it impossible that a father or grandfather had voted in the past .
b)
It only allowed them to vote if one of their grandfathers had lived in Georgia their whole life.
c)
It did not allow them to vote if their grandfather was dead at the time of the vote.
d)
It only allowed them to vote if both grandfathers were still alive.
6.
Why did the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 take place?
a)
False reports of African American men attacking white women in the newspapers
b)
The Leo Frank Trial
c)
The Grandfather Clause
d)
Protests over Jim Crow Laws
7.
What was the main purpose of the International Cotton Exposition?
a)
To showcase the South's economy and attract Northern business investors.
b)
To sample cotton products from around the world.
c)
To sell cotton products to foreign countries
d)
To showcase the cotton gin to Southern farmers
8.
The term "New South" was the belief that the Southern economy should become more....
a)
dependent on cash crops and agriculture.
b)
focused on the resources available in the South to become industrialized.
c)
dependent on imports from foreign countries.
d)
focused on attracting Northerners to vacation in the South boosting a tourism industry.
9.
Poor white and black farmers were more likely to support which political group?
a)
Progressives
b)
Populists
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Southern Bourbon Democrats
10.
Who was the leader of the Populist Party that proposed "RFD"-a mail delivery service that delivered along rural routes to farmers living away from big cities?
a)
Tom Watson
b)
John Hope
c)
Alonzo Herndon
d)
Alfred Colquitt
11.
This Supreme court case in 1896 ruled that segregation was acceptable.  Public facilities were allowed to be "seperate but equal"
a)
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
b)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
c)
Brown vs. Board of Education
d)
Powell vs. Alabama
12.
This disfranchisement law made it hard for poor whites and African Americans to vote.
a)
Poll Tax
b)
Grandfather Clause
c)
Land Lottery
d)
White Primary
13.
This Jewish factory manager was falsely accused of the murder of a 13 year old worker.  As a result of the governor of Georgia changing his sentence from death to life in prison,  he was lynched by the KKK.  His case was seen as a revival of the KKK in Georgia.
a)
Leo Frank
b)
Alonzo Mann
c)
Alfred Colquitt
d)
Tom Watson
14.
-Wanted African Americans to learn a trade
-Was in favor of segregation of blacks and whites.
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. Dubois
c)
Alonzo Herndon
d)
John Hope
15.
-Wanted African Americans to get a college education
-Demanded equality for all groups of people
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. Dubois
c)
Alonzo Herndon
d)
John Hope
16.
This former slave became a millionaire starting a successful barber shop off Peachtree Street in Atlanta known as the Crystal Palace Barber Shop. He also started Atlanta Life Insurance which provided services for African Americans.
a)
Alonzo Herndon
b)
Fredrick Douglass
c)
John Hope
d)
Dred Scott
17.

During WWI, Georgia supplied the most ________________________.

a)

Military Training Camps

b)

Soliders

c)

Warplanes

d)

Liberty Ships

18.

Which of the following statements would Henry Grady, known as the "Voice of the South", most likely have made?

a)

"The South must become industrialized like the North because everything was burned to the ground"

b)

"The South must become industrialized like the North because doing so will help Georgia's economy grow stronger"

c)

"The South must become industrialized like the North because their way of life is better than the South's way of life"

d)

"The South must become industrialized like the North because cotton is not growing, and Georgia needs a way to grow its economy"

19.

Which description BEST explains how the Bourbon Triumvirate might have described the Redemption Period?

a)

It was a time for social, economic and political reforms to ease the suffering of all citizens caused by the Civil War

b)

It was a time for a New South Progressive Era when farms had to be replaced by business and industry in order for the South to prosper

c)

It was a time for the blending of the old, keeping Southern traditions like white supremacy, while building new traditions around industries to rival the North

d)

It was a time for Southerners, both African American and white, to come together and work in harmony to rebuild the state's economic, social and political systems

20.

-Poll Tax

-Literacy Tax

-Grandfather Clause

-White Primary/County Unit System


What do all of these policies have in common?

a)

disenfranchisement

b)

citizenship requirements

c)

equal rights before the law

d)

encouraging minorities to vote

21.

Which of the following statements BEST describes how people who agreed with WEB DuBois criticized Booker T Washington?

a)

They believed that Booker T Washington should accept discrimination by supporting "separate but equal"

b)

They believed that Booker T Washington should accept that African Americans could only do vocational or farm work to earn a living

c)

They believed that Booker T Washington should accept the white supremacists' beliefs that whites are superior to African Americans

d)

They believed that Booker T Washington should accept no less than total equality, and that to accept less than total equality is offensive to African Americans

22.

-Millionaire

-Barber Shops in Atlanta

-???


Which of the following best completes the chart about Alonzo Herndon's accomplishment and is important to Georgia's history?

a)

African American inventor

b)

African American entrepreneur

c)

African American political advisor

d)

African American spokesperson for race relations

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