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WorksheetsNew South
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the name given to Georgia politicians: Joseph E. Brown, John B. Gordon, and Alfred H. Colquitt?
The Populist Party
The Bourbon Triumvirate
The Farmer's Alliance
The New South
Who was Tom Watson?
A newspaper editor that promoted industry and crop diversification in GA.
A Georgia politician that spoke up for the poor farmers in the South.
A member of the Bourbon Triumvirate serving as a Governor and later a Senator.
A barbershop owner that started his own life insurance company.
Why did the Populist Party grow so strong in the South?
They were successful in expanding the railroads and bringing industry to Atlanta.
Many farmers felt ignored while politicians passed laws focusing on growing industry.
The party fought on behalf of African Americans to demand equal rights.
The party invited women to join to fight for suffrage for all.
Who used his newspaper to promote the "New South" showing the world that Georgia had changed?
Tom Watson
Henry Grady
Booker T. Washington
Joseph E. Brown
How did Georgia democrats successfully disenfranchise blacks?
They passed many segregation laws banning blacks from mixing with whites.
They passed laws like literacy tests, poll taxes, and the white primary.
They refused to allow blacks to share restrooms, schools, and other common places.
They invited blacks to take part in Georgia elections and even run for political office.
What was the importance of Plessy v Ferguson?
The Supreme Court allowed segregation as long as blacks had equal facilities.
The Supreme Court outlawed segregation claiming it could never be equal.
The Supreme Court ruled Homer Plessy could ride in a whites only train car.
The Supreme Court overturned Jim Crow laws.
What was one of the causes of the Atlanta Riot of 1906?
Black men could no longer tolerate mistreatment from whites.
White men believed news stories about assaults by black men.
Whites could not compete with better black businesses.
Blacks resented the wealth of the white community.
Which BEST describes Booker T. Washington?
Believed blacks should accept segregation and focus on growing economically.
Believed blacks should protest and demand equality.
Believed the best option for equality was to graduate college and become political leaders.
Believed that whites were superior to blacks.
Which BEST describes W.E.B. Dubois?
Believed blacks could succeed in the South by working in industrial jobs.
Believed blacks should never accept segregation and instead demand equality.
Believed that blacks were better off leaving politics to mainstream society.
Believed that the South provided equal opportunity for all.
What former slave became a millionaire through his successful businesses in Atlanta?
Homer Plessy
W.E.B. Dubois
Booker T. Washington
Alonzo Herndon
Who was convicted of murder and lynched by an angry mob but later believed to be innocent?
Leo Frank
Luther Johnson
Jonathan Leonard
Frank Walker
Which term means discrimination and hatred towards the Jewish race?
Disenfranchisement
Jim Crow
Anti-semitism
Anti-defamation
How was the "New South" was different from the South before the Civil War because there was a shift towards
Industries, mining, and railoads
cotton farming, racial equality, and Democrats leading government
Factories, Republicans leading government, and Jim Crow laws
Farming diversification, racial equality, and Republicans leading govenment
Give or explain examples of Jim Crow in the South. Minimum 3. No you cannot use the example. (example: separate water fountains)
