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New South

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who coined the term New South?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Henry Grady

c)

Tom Watson

d)

Alonzo Herndon

2.

Which group of politicians controlled GA's politics during the New South Era?

a)

The New South Trio

b)

The Three Musketeers

c)

The Bourbon Triumverate

d)

The Triple Emperors

3.

What type of economic policy did the Bourbons support?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Farming

c)

Finance

d)

Health care

4.

What type of social policy/laws did the Bourbons help institute?

a)

Open door policy

b)

Racial equality for all

c)

Education for all

d)

White supremacy/Jim Crow

5.

When Henry Grady talked about and wrote about the New South what was he highlighting?

a)

Recovery of agriculture in the South

b)

Industrialization of the South to rival the North

c)

The rise of racial equality in the South

d)

The expansion of education in the South

6.

What was the purpose of the International Cotton States Expositions

a)

To showcase the econ recovery of the South and industrialization

b)

To promote continued investment in the South by Northern bankers and industrialists

c)

Only A

d)

Both A & B

7.

Who was the leader of the Populist Party in Georgia?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Tom Watson

c)

Henry Grady

d)

Alonzo Herndon

8.

What group of workers would have supported the Populist Party?

a)

Wealthy bankers

b)

Northern Industrialists

c)

Poor farmers & factory workers

d)

Business owners

9.

What is Tom Watson's most lasting achievement?

a)

Rural free delivery of mail

b)

Direct election of the president

c)

Free public education

d)

Women's sufferage

10.

What was the direct result of the Plessy v Ferguson decision?

a)

Homer Plessy won his lawsuit

b)

Southern states gained electoral votes

c)

Segregation laws were legalized

d)

Schools were desegregated

11.

What tactics were used to disenfranchise Black voters in the South? Select all that apply.

a)

Poll tax

b)

Literacy tests

c)

Grandfather clause

d)

White primary laws

12.

What was the end result of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riots?

a)

Atlantans decided to end segregation

b)

Racial segregation increased

c)

Schools were integrated

d)

Nothing changed; life returned to normal

13.

In terms of eventual racial equality what did Booker T. Washington advocate?

a)

Pursue economic independence first

b)

Demand equal rights immediately

c)

Remain segregated for safety purposes

d)

Always vote for candidates who supported equality

14.

What program did WEB DuBois propose to identify future African American leaders?

a)

Young Leaders Academy

b)

Top Leaders in Training

c)

10% Plan

d)

Talented 10th

15.

Washington and DuBois were both civil rights leaders but how did they differ in their approach to equal rights?

a)

Washington believed in gradual equality while DuBois believed in immediate equality.

b)

Washington believed in immediate equality while DuBois believed in gradual equality.

c)

Washington insisted on education first while DuBois insisted on politics as the only solution.

d)

Washington advised seeking political equality while DuBois said to get an education first.

16.

Alonzo Herndon is an excellent example of

a)

an entrepreneur

b)

a civil rights activist

c)

a founder of social programs

d)

a writer on civil rights

17.

How did Alonzo Herndon serve as leader in the African American community?

a)

He paid for young people's education if their parents could not

b)

He wrote books regarding different civil rights philosophies.

c)

He used his businesses to employ college educated Blacks

d)

He backed political campaigns for Black politicians.

18.

The Leo Frank tragedy revealed that Southern society was anti-Semitic and

a)

resentful of Northerners.

b)

resentful of politicians.

c)

resentful of farmers.

d)

resentful of the KKK.

19.

WEB DuBois told his followers to pursue

a)

immediate rights--political, social, and economic.

b)

gradual rights--start with economic rights first.

c)

only social justice.

d)

whichever type of right they wanted first.

20.

The Leo Frank case saw a resurgence of the

a)

KKK

b)

civil rights movement

c)

America First movement

d)

Daughters of the American Revolution

21.

What was the name of Alzono Herndon's barber shop that was targeted for destruction during the 1906 riot?

a)

The Top Shop

b)

A+ Barbers

c)

The Crystal Palace

d)

The Ritz Mansion

22.

What were the goals of the Bourbon Triumvirate? Select all that apply.

a)

Increasing development of minig and railroads in GA

b)

Suppporting the Convict Lease system

c)

Lowering taxes

d)

Supporting the belief of the former plantation owners

e)

Bringing in northern investments for cotton mills

23.

Which statement below describes the difference between Tom Watson and Henry Grady? Select all that apply.

a)

Watson supported wealthy city people and Grady supported poor, rural people

b)

Watson supported farmers and Grady supported industry

c)

Watson supported industry and Grady supported farmers

d)

Watson represented the average person and Grady represented wealthier people.

24.

What caused the 1906 Atlanta Race Riots?

a)

Blacks angry over Jim Crow laws

b)

Whites trying to get control of Atlanta back from Blacks

c)

False newspaper reports about Blacks attacking Whites

d)

Anger lasting from the Civil War

25.

What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws? Select all that apply.

a)

To protect civil rights for everyone

b)

To protect civil rights for minorities

c)

To take away civil rights from Blacks

d)

To take away civil rights from Whites

26.

What was the name of the speech that Booker T. Washington gave at the Cotton States Expo in 1895?

a)

I'm Going to the Mountaintop Speech

b)

Iron Curtain Speech

c)

A House Divided Speech

d)

Atlanta Compromise Speech