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QUIZIZZ: New South Questions

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The “New South” was created after Reconstruction, and was influenced by a variety of individuals, groups, and events. Which statement BEST describes the influence of the group known as the Bourbon Triumvirate during this time?

a)
The Bourbon Triumvirate gave more power to the Freedmen’s Bureau.
b)
Increasing industry and lowering taxes were two major goals of the Bourbon Triumvirate.
c)
The Bourbon Triumvirate encouraged more government services for taxpayers.
d)
Improvement of public schools and educational equality were the focus of the Bourbon Triumvirate.
2.

What can you conclude about the purpose of Grady’s speech?

a)
promoted the northern states’ economy
b)
focused all of his efforts on agriculture
c)
pushed to diversify Georgia’s economy
d)
encouraged Georgians to use materials from the North
3.

All of the following were purposes of the International Cotton Exposition EXCEPT to:

a)
promote Atlanta’s rebuilding and boost the economy after the Civil War.
b)
promote Atlanta’s industrial capabilities and accomplishments.
c)
attract Northern investment into the city and region.
d)
provide jobs for former slaves and give them opportunities to sell their cotton.
4.

The New South refers to a time period when all of the following occurred EXCEPT

a)
promoting racial equality for former slaves.
b)
expanding Georgia’s economy beyond agriculture.
c)
rebuilding Georgia after the Civil War.
d)
continuing racist practices and crimes.
5.

The Southern laws which ensured that blacks and white attended separate schools, drank from separate water fountains, attended separate churches, rode in separate railroad cars, and visited separate parks and recreational facilities were BEST known as:

a)
Black Code
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
Populist laws
d)
Regressive laws
6.

The Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v Ferguson (1896) basically legalized

a)
discrimination of women in the workplace.
b)
the segregation of people according to race.
c)
preventing people from voting based on race.
d)
housing discrimination against ethnic groups.
7.

In the first half of the 20th century, literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses were passed by the southern states in order to:

a)
deny suffrage to women.
b)
end the Reconstruction Era.
c)
disenfranchise African Americans.
d)
help pay for the growing New Deal programs.
8.

Which group was created to resist Reconstruction and orchestrated over 400 lynchings that happened in Georgia from 1880-1930?

a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Scalawags
c)
White Knights
d)
Knights of Columbus.
9.
Which influential historian and civil rights activist is pictured and described
a)
W.E.B DuBois
b)
Fredrick Douglas
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
George Washington Carver
10.
Which influential historian and civil rights activist is pictured and described
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
Fredrick Douglas
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
George Washington Carver
11.
Which of these BEST describes the differences between W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington? (H7c)
a)
Washington wanted to negotiate with white leaders, but DuBois believed that total segregation was needed.
b)
DuBois wanted to negotiate with white leaders, but Washington believed that total segregation was needed.
c)
DuBois wanted immediate equality for Blacks, while Washington wanted to use a slower approach for change.
d)
There were no differences between them, both DuBois and Washington wanted equality as fast as possible.
12.

Who used his newspaper to promote the "New South" showing the world that Georgia had changed?

a)

Tom Watson

b)

Henry Grady

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Joseph E. Brown

13.

How did Georgia democrats successfully disenfranchise blacks?

a)

They passed many segregation laws banning blacks from mixing with whites.

b)

They passed laws like literacy tests, poll taxes, and the white primary.

c)

They refused to allow blacks to share restrooms, schools, and other common places.

d)

They invited blacks to take part in Georgia elections and even run for political office.

14.

Which BEST describes Booker T. Washington?

a)

Believed blacks should accept segregation and focus on growing economically.

b)

Believed blacks should protest and demand equality.

c)

Believed the best option for equality was to graduate college and become political leaders.

d)

Believed that whites were superior to blacks.

15.

Which BEST describes W.E.B. Dubois?

a)

Believed blacks could succeed in the South by working in industrial jobs.

b)

Believed blacks should never accept segregation and instead demand equality.

c)

Believed that blacks were better off leaving politics to mainstream society.

d)

Believed that the South provided equal opportunity for all.

16.

What was the MAIN purpose of the International Cotton Exposition?

a)

To showcase Georgia's progress since the Civil War and promote investment in Georgia's new industries.

b)

To build new roads for mail delivery to rural farmers.

c)

To rally support for the Convict Lease System.

d)

To have participants listen to speeches by Henry Grady and Booker T. Washington.

17.

Which description most clearly reflects the meaning of the phrase NEW SOUTH?

a)

The South showed a new economic growth and prosperity during Reconstruction

b)

The South made huge improvements in social, cultural, economic and political areas

c)

The South began to increase business and industry, which created economic growth and prosperity

d)

The agricultural South was completely gone, and the South needed to develop new industries to compete with the North

18.
Who are the Redeemers?
a)
Southern Democrats who helped end Reconstruction
b)
Southerners who supported Johnson
c)
abolitionists who helped newly freed slaves
d)
Republicans who helped with Reconstruction
19.

Why did Booker T. Washington believe it was important to learn a trade?

a)

It allowed black people to own their own business.

b)

It guaranteed immediate civil rights for black people.

c)

It made black people more employable to white business owners.

d)

It offered a simple way for black people to take out government loans.

20.

How did sharecroppers pay for the supplies they used when harvesting the landowners’ crops?

a)

They paid money up-front

b)

They bought it on credit

c)

They did not buy it-They were expected to use their own

21.
Northerner who when to the South for economic gain
a)
carpetbagger
b)
scalawag
c)
freedman
d)
tenant farmer
22.
Southern white Republicans
a)
scalawags
b)
carpetbaggers
c)
redeemers
d)
radicals
23.
What problem did many farmers have under the sharecropping system?        
a)
They were forced to grow cash crops instead of food.
b)
 They often were trapped in a cycle or circle of debt.
c)
 Many sharecroppers were forced to buy goods on credit. 
d)
   All choices are true.
24.

Which of the following is TRUE about sharecropping

a)

Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.

b)

Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping

c)

Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty

d)

Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.

25.

As sharecroppers former slaves were given a place to live, seeds, and equipment in order produce crops. The land owner received a ________ of all crops grown

a)

share or portion

b)

ownership

c)

debt

d)

none of the above