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WorksheetsSS8H7 The New South
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 32mins
Joseph E. Brown, William H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon are known as the
Bourbon Triumvirate
Three Horsemen
The Democratic Trinity
Carpetbaggers
The main goal of the Bourbon Triumvirate was to increase
Industry
Railraods
the profits for poor farmers
the political power of the Republican party
Tom Watson broke away from the Democratic party and joined the Populist party because he wanted to help
Poor farmers
Wealthy landowners
Wealthy bussinessmen
Powerful lawmakers
The purpose of the International Cotton Exposition was to
Show off Atlanta's industry and farming developments
Show off Atlanta's racial equality and unity
Show off Atlanta's new gold domed capital building
Show off Atlanta's new transportation systems
Which event cause the KKK to be rejuvenated as the "Knights of Mary Phagan"?
The 1906 Riot
The Leo Frank Trial
The International Cotton Exposition
W.E.B. DuBois's book, "The Soul of Black Folks"
Born a slave in Social Circle, Georgia
Owner of The Crystal Palace
Founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company
Became the wealthiest African-American in Georgia
Alonozo Herndon
Booker T. Washington
Homer Plessy
W.E.B. DuBois
How was the "New South" similar to the South before the Civil War?
Racial inequality
Democrats held political power
Reliance on industry
Reliance on mining and railroads
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
Henry Grady, the spokesperson of the New South, believed that the South could compete with the North economically if
The South invested more in factories and grew crops other than cotton
The South used the convict-lease system to rebuild railroads and produce cotton
The South invested more in education and eliminated Jim Crow Laws
The South produced more raw materials for the North to use in their factories.
What was the purpose of the International Cotton Expositions that were promoted by Henry Grady?
To show off the South's new technologies and uses for it's natural resources
To show to the world how Jim Crow laws were creating racial harmony.
To show to the North that the South was still heavily dependent on producing cotton
To showcase early civil rights leaders, like Booker T. Washington
What was the immediate cause of the Race Riot of 1906?
News stories about African-Americans attacking white women
News about the murder of Mary Phagan
Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise" speech
Which early civil rights leader believed that African-Americans should work hard and eventually they would gain equality?
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Alonzo Herndon
Homer Plessy
Which early civil rights leader believed that African-Americans should demand immediate equality through active protests?
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Alonzo Herndon
Homer Plessy
Leo Frank was convicted of murdering Mary Phagan largely because the jury was biased against him. What attitude the jury have towards Leo Frank?
Antisemetism
White Supremacy
Anti-Republican
Anti-Carpetbagger
What idea of the "Old South" did the Bourbon Triumvirate believe in?
White Supremacy
Economic dependence on cotton
Economic diversity in industry and agriculture
Lower taxes and strong education
Which group was founded by W.E.B. DuBois and others in 1909 to promote equal treatment of Blacks in America?
The Black Panthers
SCLC
CORE
NAACP
Which of the following were true of the Bourbon Triumvirate? (Choose all that apply.)
wanted to raise taxes for social programs
believed in white supremacy
wanted a new south focused on industry
wanted to develop more railroads
The MAIN purpose of the Georgia’s cotton expositions was to
showcase Georgia’s cotton textile industry and economic opportunities.
discourage industry and encourage agriculture in Georgia
encourage farmers to send their cotton to Georgia to be processed.
bring visitors to Atlanta
What was the goal of the New South movement?
focus on southern industry with new factories and diversify farming
Encourage the expansion of plantation farming providing benefits to farmers who had lost free labor
push for lower taxes to benefit poor black and white farmers
Support small yeoman farmers instead of large plantations
What was the Rural Free Delivery Bill?
Provide free mail delivery to rural areas (farmers)
to provide newspapers to rural areas of the country so that farmers would be better informed
Provided Rural counties with more votes in elections.
to provide food delivery to people in rural areas at no additional cost
Which Georgia senator argued for farmers’ rights, helped pass the Rural Free Delivery Bill, and became the leader of the Populist Party?
Henry Grady
Tom Watson
John Gordon
Booker T. Washington
What was the main cause of the race riot in Atlanta?
tensions from a political election of Tom Watson as governor
protests over results of the Leo Frank case
protests about voting rights being denied to African Americans
newspaper reports of white women being attacked by black men
Educator, orator, author, orator Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in 1881 Famous "Atlanta Compromise" speech in 1895 urged moderation in the civil rights struggle
Who is being described?
W.E.B DuBois
Leo Frank
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
How did Booker T. Washington differ from W.E.B. DuBois?
Washington sought compromise with white leaders and DuBois believed that blacks should have the same rights as whites.
Washington wanted to negotiate with white leaders, but DuBois believed that total segregation was needed.
Washington believed that blacks should protest peacefully white DuBois believed that violence was necessary.
DuBois wanted to negotiate with white leaders, but Washington believed that total segregation was needed.
The U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) determined that segregation was acceptable under the condition that
all children receive permission to attend the same school.
whites receive higher quality facilities and services than blacks.
the segregation laws did not spread outside of the Southern states.
the separate facilities or services for both races be of equal quality.
What was NOT a way of disenfranchisement?
Poll tax
Literacy test
Property ownership
15th Amendment
Things like Jim Crow laws, disenfranchisement, and groups like the Ku Klux Klan led to which result in the south after the Civil War?
an increase in slavery
an increase in racial violence
more jobs for blacks in the south
decrease in the use of sharecropping
The major Georgia industries in the New South Era were
farming, textile mills, and naval stores
cotton, textiles, naval stores, and kaolin.
textiles, forest products, and mining.
rice, indigo, row crops, and forest products.
Select four (4) policies of the Populist Party that were aimed at helping farmers in Georgia.
lower taxes & lower tariffs
banking reform
government control of railroads
free public education
tax breaks for businessmen & wealthy industrialists
Tom Watson & the Populist Party worked to support the needs of _____________?
farmers and rural people
rich bankers & businessmen
wealthy industrialists
powerful railroad tycoons
While in Congress, Watson gained fame for his passage of the RFD bill; what does RFD stand for?
Rural Free Delivery
Railroad Freight Delivery
Relief Farmers Department
Renting, Farming, & Developing
Select three (3) statements that explain why Tom Watson and the Populist Party OPPOSED the New South policies of the Bourbon Triumvirate and Henry Grady?
Watson opposed the New South concept of basing Georgia's economy on business & industry.
As a supporter of an agriculture-based economy, Watson believed Grady's New South concept would harm Georgia's farmers.
Watson believed that the best thing for Georgia's farmers and rural families was to keep the state's economy centered on agriculture.
Watson and the Populist Party opposed the Bourbon Triumvirate and Henry Grady over religious reasons, like the separation of church and state.
On April 26, 1913, thirteen-year old _____________________ went to the pencil factory where she worked to pick up her paycheck.
Leo Frank
Newt Lee
Mary Phagan
Ashley Smith
Which of the following happened to Frank in prison: (choose all that happened)
His Throat was cut and he died
He became leader of the Blood gang.
He was taken from the prison by an angry mob
His throat was cut but he survived.
Leo Frank was put on trial and did not receive a fair trial because _______________________.
He was a yankee
He was a pervert
He was Jewish
He was skinny and weak.
The Leo Frank case is a famous example of _____________________________ which is prejudice against Jewish People.
jew hating
stigmatization
Antisemitism
semiticantism
A KKK chapter calling themselves the __________________________ were largely responsible for Frank's lynching.
Klan Faced Killers
Knights of Atlanta
Knights of Mary Phagan
Jew killer klan
What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?
Sat in the white only part of the bus.
Took a seat in the white only car of a train.
Sat at a white only section of a lunch counter.
The 14th amendment was to gave all U.S. citizens what?
equal protection under the law
citizenship by birth on U.S. land
both of these
Plessy and the other members of his organization were trying to challenge
the Brown v. Board of Education case
Segregation and the Jim Crow laws
Reconstruction
equal pay for equal work
What was one of the results of Plessy v. Ferguson?
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?
"Separate but equal"
"Give me liberty or give me death."
"By any means necessary"
The Plessy v. Ferguson case had what impact on the U.S.?
It legalized Jim Crow (Segregation) Laws throughout the U.S.
It made Jim Crow (Segregation) Laws illegal throughout the U.S.
It created more equality
