WorksheetsUnit 6 Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
Base your answer to the question on the speech Henry Grady delivered on December 22, 1886 and your knowledge of Georgia History.
“The Old South rested everything on slavery and agriculture, unconscious that these could neither give nor maintain healthy growth. The New South presents a perfect democracy . . . less splendid on the surface but stronger at the core—a hundred farms for every plantation, fifty homes for every palace, and a diversified industry that meets the complex needs of this complex age.”
1. Henry Grady, who was the managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution, believed that the “New
South” should what?
develop a new form of democracy with the end of segregation.
become less dependent on plantations and move to industrializing the South.
leave the Northern (Union) and once again establish the Confederate States.
put away prejudices and form a National Alliance where black and white farmers can fight for better conditions.
Which was NOT a reason for the International Cotton Expositions held in Atlanta in 1881, 1887, and 1895?
Organizers wanted to focus visitors’ attention on the struggle of former slaves and the injustices caused by the Jim Crow Laws.
Organizers wanted to highlight the variety of natural resources found in Georgia.
Organizers wanted to attract and convince northern entrepreneurs to invest their money in the state.
Above is a recently sold stamp honoring the Rural Free Delivery (RFD) Bill, and Tom Watson, the man who introduced it to Congress in the 1890s.
Identify THREE of the following five items that were actual benefits for residence in rural areas.
Connection with the outside world
Reliable free mail delivery
Improved roads and bridges
Faster transportation for those working in the urban areas
High quality food delivery
Which industry in Georgia help the economy of the New South grow, yet often employed children who worked in hazardous conditions.
Rifle and ammunition
Naval stores
Textiles
Mining
Identify three of the following five choices that were immediate consequences of the 1906 Atlanta Riot and the Leo Frank Case.
Booker T. Washington lost his political influences within the black community.
The Ku Klux Klan re-emerged on the political scene in Georgia.
The R.F. D. Bill was introduced by Tom Watson and Congress passed it into law.
Members of the black community decided to migrate to Northern cities.
W.E.B. DuBois was a co-founder of which political organization?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Rifle Association (NRA)
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA)
Which statement MOST accurately explains how Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois viewed the correct approach towards civil rights and equality?
Both men believed that blacks should achieve economic independence before they called for immediate social and political equality.
Both men agreed that blacks should demand immediate social and political equality.
While DuBois called for blacks to demand social and political equality, Washington believed that blacks should achieve economic independence first.
While DuBois believed that blacks should achieve economic independence first, Washington called for blacks to demand social and political equality.
What of the following is the BEST describe how the cartoon above has a connection to the Supreme
Court’s decision in the case, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
The Supreme Court decided that whites and blacks in a local community can have separate but equal public facilities. The unequal qualities of each is a result of blacks’ lack of resources and political power.
The Supreme Court decided that whites and black in a local community can decide if they want separate public facilities.
The Supreme Court decided that whites and blacks in a local community must have separate public facilities, and each racial group is responsible for their own.
The Supreme Court decided that whites and blacks in a local community are to have separate but equal public facilities. The unequal qualities of each is blamed on blacks’ lack of interest in voting.
In 1915, who was falsely accused of murdering a young girl in Atlanta and subsequently hanged because he was Jewish?
Johnny Rocket
Mr. Plankton
W.E.B DuBois
Leo Frank
Who was Homer Plessy?
Homer Plessy was a 1/8th African American man who created a planned protest in Louisiana by sitting in the white section of a public rail car.
The Creator of Nike
Leader of the KKK
New York man who moved to Atlanta and was the manager of a pencil factory
What started the 1906 Race Riot?
The 1906 Race Riot started because four newspaper companies published false articles claiming that African American men were attacking white women. Also, white people thought that the upper class African Americans were becoming too successful and taking their jobs.
After the Falcons blew a 28-3 lead against the Patriots in the Superbowl
Slavery ended
Blacks where not allowed to vote
What was the Grandfather Clause?
When you turn you turn your grandfather into Santa Clause so you can get more presents for Christmas
When your let your grandfather turn you into an old person so he can have someone to talk to
When you don't have to come to school because you get to go fishing with your grandfather
The Grandfather Clause stated that a person could only vote if their fathers could vote before the Civil War, or their grandfather fought in the Civil War. Because African Americans were only given the right to vote after the Civil War, many of them lost the right to vote because of the Grandfather Clause.
The (a) was a 48 hour riot that took place in Atlanta on September 22nd through the 24th. The race riot started because of claims made by local newspaper companies that African American men were attacking white women
The court ruled that Plessy had (won or lost) because the facilities given to the African Americans were “separate but equal”, and the 14th and 15th amendments gave them political rights but not social rights.
(a)
_______ _______ ______ denied African Americans the right to vote, the right to interracial marriage, the right to serve on a jury, and stripped them from their U.S. citizen rights.
(a)
