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Unit 8 New South

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

As managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s, what did Henry Grady use the paper to promote?

a)

women's suffrage

b)

racial integration

c)

the unionization of labor

d)

southern industrial growth

2.

Which of the following BEST supports the claim that the International Cotton Exposition of 1881 was an important success for Georgia?

a)

It attracted significant industrial resources from the north.

b)

It encouraged small-scale agricultural operations.

c)

It spread the plantation system to other regions.

d)

It established new markets abroad for textiles.

3.

What policy would the Bourbon Triumvirate have MOST LIKELY supported?

a)

extending voting rights to women and minorities

b)

improving protections for Georgia's labor unions

c)

expanding Georgia's railroad and mining industries

d)

improving access to education for African Americans

4.

Which cause did Tom Watson and other Populists support at the turn of the twentieth century?

a)

reducing government regulations

b)

promoting the interests of farmers

c)

expanding rights for African Americans

d)

encouraging industrial development

5.

What was Alonzo Herndon's goal in the early 1900s?

a)

to bring attention to corruption in the state government

b)

to improve working conditions in American factories

c)

to found universities for African American students

d)

to help African American businesses succeed

6.

Why did southern legislatures enact Jim Crow laws after Reconstruction?

a)

to help implement federal Reconstruction policies

b)

to prevent African Americans from exercising their rights

c)

to encourage migration to the South from northern states

d)

to revitalize the devastated southern economy

7.

What was one effect of the 1906 riot in Atlanta?

a)

The state extended suffrage to more people.

b)

The state put the city under military control.

c)

The city's population shrank significantly.

d)

The city became more segregated.

8.

How did the views of prominent African American leaders W. E. B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington differ?

a)

DuBois advocated tolerance of racial discrimination, while Washington argued that African Americans must demand their civil rights to combat racism.

b)

Washington advocated tolerance of racial discrimination, while DuBois argued that African Americans must demand their civil rights to combat racism.

c)

DuBois believed African Americans must fight discrimination through any means necessary, including violence, while Washington believed it important to use only peaceful means of protest.

d)

Washington believed African Americans must fight discrimination through any means necessary, including violence, while DuBois believed it important to use only peaceful means of protest.

9.

What did Booker T. Washington urge African Americans to focus on in his speech at the 1895 Atlanta Exposition?

a)

causing civil disorder to achieve social justice

b)

emigrating from the United States to Africa

c)

advancing themselves through education

d)

improving their representation in politics

10.

The controversial conviction of Leo Frank for the death of Mary Phagan, and his later murder, were representative of which prejudices held by many in the South at that time?

a)

distrust of Northerners and Jewish people

b)

distrust of African Americans and Catholics

c)

distrust of Baptists and industrialists

d)

distrust of American Indians and immigrants