WorksheetsUnit 5 Quiz 2 Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Joseph E. Brown, John Gordon, and Alfred Colquitt were members of
The Populist Party
The Georgia Aristocracy
The Bourbon Triumvirate
The Professors’ Union
Who was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution who urged Georgians to create a “New South”?
Henry Grady
Gordon Colquitt
Joseph Brown
Rebecca Latimer Felton
What did supporters of Henry Grady favor?
A political overthrow of the Bourbon Democrats, especially the Bourbon Triumvirate
The growth of industry, manufacturing and agricultural diversification in the South
Reconciliation of poor whites and African American farmers to work together
Support for the Populist Party and Tom Watson to represent them in Washington
What group of people was represented by the Populist party?
farmers
African Americans
women
children
Who led Georgia farmers in the Populist Party
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Button Gwinnett
James Oglethorpe
Tom Watson
Which of the following political parties might a cotton farmer in Georgia most likely support?
The Bourbon Democrats
The Populist Party
The Republican Party
The New South Democrats
How did Southern states limit the rights of African Americans after the end of Reconstruction?
By redrawing state boundaries
By denying access to fair wages
By passing segregation laws
By educating illiterate white people
What laws were passed to discriminate against African Americans?
County Unit laws
Plessy-Ferguson rulings
Jim Crow laws
Fair Living laws
Why were literacy tests an effective way to prevent African Americans from voting?
African Americans had to pay a tax in order to vote.
African Americans weren’t allowed to use the grandfather clause.
Most African Americans still spoke a language other than English
Most African Americans weren’t able to read and write.
Who was put in jail for sitting in the “Whites Only” section of a Louisiana railroad car?
Lyman Hall
Homer Plessy
W.E.B. Du Bois
Dred Scott
What does the term “separate but equal” describe?
The way that land was apportioned among farmers in the South after the Civil War
The belief in Southern states that African Americans deserve equal rights
The idea that races could be kept separate as long as there were equal facilities for both
A method of voting used in the South during Reconstruction
A Jewish man was convicted of murdering a young female employee. Although he was later found innocent, anti-Semites lynched him. What was this man’s name?
Tom Watson
Leo Frank
John Slaton
Jim Crow
Staunch southern proponents of states’ rights believed that states had the right of nullification. Which of the following BEST defines nullification?
secede from the Union if it seemed necessary
refuse to enforce a federal law within state limits
dismiss members of the Supreme Court if they disagreed with their rulings
call into question a presidential election results
How did the development of the cotton gin influence Georgia’s economy?
Planting cotton became quicker, causing an increase in farm workers’ wages.
Cotton mills became more efficient, helping the South to industrialize.
Cotton could be processed faster, causing more cotton to be planted.
The quality of farmed cotton improved, thereby raising its market price.
Which statement BEST explains why England established the Georgia colony?
England wanted to create a trading partnership with the Native Americans.
England wanted a port available for ships sailing to China and the East Indies.
England wanted to provide a safe haven for Catholics who were being persecuted.
England wanted a buffer state to prevent Spanish and Native American invasions.
