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SS8H7 The New South

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Joseph E. Brown, William H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon are known as the

a)

Bourbon Triumvirate

b)

Three Horsemen

c)

The Democratic Trinity

d)

Carpetbaggers

2.

The main goal of the Bourbon Triumvirate was to increase

a)

Industry

b)

Railraods

c)

the profits for poor farmers

d)

the political power of the Republican party

3.

Tom Watson broke away from the Democratic party and joined the Populist party because he wanted to help

a)

Poor farmers

b)

Wealthy landowners

c)

Wealthy bussinessmen

d)

Powerful lawmakers

4.

The purpose of the International Cotton Exposition was to

a)

Show off Atlanta's industry and farming developments

b)

Show off Atlanta's racial equality and unity

c)

Show off Atlanta's new gold domed capital building

d)

Show off Atlanta's new transportation systems

5.

Which event cause the KKK to be rejuvenated as the "Knights of Mary Phagan"?

a)

The 1906 Riot

b)

The Leo Frank Trial

c)

The International Cotton Exposition

d)

W.E.B. DuBois's book, "The Soul of Black Folks"

6.

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

a)

Alonozo Herndon

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Homer Plessy

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

7.

How was the "New South" similar to the South before the Civil War?

a)

Racial inequality

b)

Democrats held political power

c)

Reliance on industry

d)

Reliance on mining and railroads

8.

How was the "New South" was different from the South before the Civil War because there was a shift towards

a)

Industries, mining, and railoads

b)

cotton farming, racial equality, and Democrats leading government

c)

Factories, Republicans leading government, and Jim Crow laws

d)

Farming diversification, racial equality, and Republicans leading govenment

9.

Henry Grady, the spokesperson of the New South, believed that the South could compete with the North economically if

a)

The South invested more in factories and grew crops other than cotton

b)

The South used the convict-lease system to rebuild railroads and produce cotton

c)

The South invested more in education and eliminated Jim Crow Laws

d)

The South produced more raw materials for the North to use in their factories.

10.

What was the purpose of the International Cotton Expositions that were promoted by Henry Grady?

a)

To show off the South's new technologies and uses for it's natural resources

b)

To show to the world how Jim Crow laws were creating racial harmony.

c)

To show to the North that the South was still heavily dependent on producing cotton

d)

To showcase early civil rights leaders, like Booker T. Washington

11.

What was the immediate cause of the Race Riot of 1906?

a)

News stories about African-Americans attacking white women

b)

News about the murder of Mary Phagan

c)

Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise" speech

12.

Which early civil rights leader believed that African-Americans should work hard and eventually they would gain equality?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Alonzo Herndon

d)

Homer Plessy

13.

Which early civil rights leader believed that African-Americans should demand immediate equality through active protests?

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Alonzo Herndon

d)

Homer Plessy

14.

Leo Frank was convicted of murdering Mary Phagan largely because the jury was biased against him. What attitude the jury have towards Leo Frank?

a)

Antisemetism

b)

White Supremacy

c)

Anti-Republican

d)

Anti-Carpetbagger

15.

What idea of the "Old South" did the Bourbon Triumvirate believe in?

a)

White Supremacy

b)

Economic dependence on cotton

c)

Economic diversity in industry and agriculture

d)

Lower taxes and strong education

16.

Which group was founded by W.E.B. DuBois and others in 1909 to promote equal treatment of Blacks in America?

a)

The Black Panthers

b)

SCLC

c)

CORE

d)

NAACP

17.

Which of the following were true of the Bourbon Triumvirate? (Choose all that apply.)

a)

wanted to raise taxes for social programs

b)

believed in white supremacy

c)

wanted a new south focused on industry

d)

wanted to develop more railroads

18.

The MAIN purpose of the Georgia’s cotton expositions was to

a)

showcase Georgia’s cotton textile industry and economic opportunities.

b)

discourage industry and encourage agriculture in Georgia

c)

encourage farmers to send their cotton to Georgia to be processed.

d)

bring visitors to Atlanta

19.
Who coined the term “New South”?  
a)
Henry Grady
b)
Joseph Colquitt
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
John Gordon
20.

What was the goal of the New South movement?

a)

focus on southern industry with new factories and diversify farming

b)

Encourage the expansion of plantation farming providing benefits to farmers who had lost free labor

c)

push for lower taxes to benefit poor black and white farmers

d)

Support small yeoman farmers instead of large plantations

21.

What was the Rural Free Delivery Bill?

a)

Provide free mail delivery to rural areas (farmers)

b)

to provide newspapers to rural areas of the country so that farmers would be better informed

c)

Provided Rural counties with more votes in elections.

d)

to provide food delivery to people in rural areas at no additional cost

22.

Which Georgia senator argued for farmers’ rights, helped pass the Rural Free Delivery Bill, and became the leader of the Populist Party?

a)

Henry Grady

b)

Tom Watson

c)

John Gordon

d)

Booker T. Washington

23.
Jewish man charged with the murder of Mary Phagan; sentenced to death but overturned to life in prison; lynched by the KKK.
a)
Tom Watson
b)
Henry Grady
c)
Leo Frank
d)
John Gordon
24.

What was the main cause of the race riot in Atlanta?

a)

tensions from a political election of Tom Watson as governor

b)

protests over results of the Leo Frank case

c)

protests about voting rights being denied to African Americans

d)

newspaper reports of white women being attacked by black men

25.

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?

a)

W.E.B DuBois

b)

Leo Frank

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

George Washington Carver

26.

How did Booker T. Washington differ from W.E.B. DuBois?

a)

Washington sought compromise with white leaders and DuBois believed that blacks should have the same rights as whites.

b)

Washington wanted to negotiate with white leaders, but DuBois believed that total segregation was needed.

c)

Washington believed that blacks should protest peacefully white DuBois believed that violence was necessary.

d)

DuBois wanted to negotiate with white leaders, but Washington believed that total segregation was needed.

27.

The U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) determined that segregation was acceptable under the condition that

a)

all children receive permission to attend the same school.

b)

whites receive higher quality facilities and services than blacks.

c)

the segregation laws did not spread outside of the Southern states.

d)

the separate facilities or services for both races be of equal quality.

28.

What was NOT a way of disenfranchisement?

a)

Poll tax

b)

Literacy test

c)

Property ownership

d)

15th Amendment

29.

Things like Jim Crow laws, disenfranchisement, and groups like the Ku Klux Klan led to which result in the south after the Civil War?

a)

an increase in slavery

b)

an increase in racial violence

c)

more jobs for blacks in the south

d)

decrease in the use of sharecropping

30.

The major Georgia industries in the New South Era were

a)

farming, textile mills, and naval stores

b)

cotton, textiles, naval stores, and kaolin.

c)

textiles, forest products, and mining.

d)

rice, indigo, row crops, and forest products.

31.

Select four (4) policies of the Populist Party that were aimed at helping farmers in Georgia.

a)

lower taxes & lower tariffs

b)

banking reform

c)

government control of railroads

d)

free public education

e)

tax breaks for businessmen & wealthy industrialists

32.

Tom Watson & the Populist Party worked to support the needs of _____________?

a)

farmers and rural people

b)

rich bankers & businessmen

c)

wealthy industrialists

d)

powerful railroad tycoons

33.

While in Congress, Watson gained fame for his passage of the RFD bill; what does RFD stand for?

a)

Rural Free Delivery

b)

Railroad Freight Delivery

c)

Relief Farmers Department

d)

Renting, Farming, & Developing

34.

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?

a)

Watson opposed the New South concept of basing Georgia's economy on business & industry.

b)

As a supporter of an agriculture-based economy, Watson believed Grady's New South concept would harm Georgia's farmers.

c)

Watson believed that the best thing for Georgia's farmers and rural families was to keep the state's economy centered on agriculture.

d)

Watson and the Populist Party opposed the Bourbon Triumvirate and Henry Grady over religious reasons, like the separation of church and state.

35.

On April 26, 1913, thirteen-year old _____________________ went to the pencil factory where she worked to pick up her paycheck.

a)

Leo Frank

b)

Newt Lee

c)

Mary Phagan

d)

Ashley Smith

36.

Which of the following happened to Frank in prison: (choose all that happened)

a)

His Throat was cut and he died

b)

He became leader of the Blood gang.

c)

He was taken from the prison by an angry mob

d)

His throat was cut but he survived.

37.

Leo Frank was put on trial and did not receive a fair trial because _______________________.

a)

He was a yankee

b)

He was a pervert

c)

He was Jewish

d)

He was skinny and weak.

38.

The Leo Frank case is a famous example of _____________________________ which is prejudice against Jewish People.

a)

jew hating

b)

stigmatization

c)

Antisemitism

d)

semiticantism

39.

A KKK chapter calling themselves the __________________________ were largely responsible for Frank's lynching.

a)

Klan Faced Killers

b)

Knights of Atlanta

c)

Knights of Mary Phagan

d)

Jew killer klan

40.

What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?

a)

Sat in the white only part of the bus.

b)

Took a seat in the white only car of a train.

c)

Sat at a white only section of a lunch counter.

41.

The 14th amendment was to gave all U.S. citizens what?

a)

equal protection under the law

b)

citizenship by birth on U.S. land

c)

both of these

42.

Plessy and the other members of his organization were trying to challenge

a)

the Brown v. Board of Education case

b)

Segregation and the Jim Crow laws

c)

Reconstruction

d)

equal pay for equal work

43.

What was one of the results of Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.

b)

The Supreme Court never made a ruling.

c)

The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.

44.

What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?

a)

"Separate but equal"

b)

"Give me liberty or give me death."

c)

"By any means necessary"

45.

The Plessy v. Ferguson case had what impact on the U.S.?

a)

It legalized Jim Crow (Segregation) Laws throughout the U.S.

b)

It made Jim Crow (Segregation) Laws illegal throughout the U.S.

c)

It created more equality

46.
Each of the following events lead up to the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot EXCEPT
a)
Atlanta was the capital of the "New South," adding to racial tensions.
b)
The headlines about 4 alleged attacks on white women.
c)
Failure to serve African Americans at a restaurant in the heart of downtown Atlanta.
d)
Politics revolved around ways to prevent black men from voting.
47.
What was a major publicity factor that lead up to the Race Riot?
a)
Newspaper headlines including alleged attacks on white women
b)
Radio broadcasting of the protests downtown
c)
News channels showed scenes of blacks boycotting the bus system
d)
Letters from the Ku Klux Klan were sent out to rally people for the riot
48.
In what ways were blacks affected by the Riot?
a)
Feared further retrubution
b)
Continued to feel oppressed
c)
Black businesses were attacked
d)
All of the above
49.
What was a major publicity factor that lead up to the Race Riot?
a)
Newspaper headlines including alleged attacks on white women
b)
Radio broadcasting of the protests downtown
c)
News channels showed scenes of blacks boycotting the bus system
d)
Letters from the Ku Klux Klan were sent out to rally people for the riot
50.
Each of the following events lead up to the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot EXCEPT
a)
Atlanta was the capital of the "New South," adding to racial tensions.
b)
The headlines about 4 alleged attacks on white women.
c)
Failure to serve African Americans at a restaurant in the heart of downtown Atlanta.
d)
Politics revolved around ways to prevent black men from voting.