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New South Review

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 34mins

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1.

The Bourbon Triumvirate was an important group in Georgia after Reconstruction. Which best describes the members of this group?

a)

They supported the New South and ran the Atlanta Constitution newspaper

b)

They argued that African Americans should be outspoken in their fight for equality

c)

They protested Georgia's textile industry at the International Cotton Exposition

d)

They supported the New South movement and all served as either a Georgia governor or senator

2.

Which of the following was NOT one of the three men referred to as the Bourbon Triumvirate?

a)

Tom P. Watson

b)

John B. Gordon

c)

Joseph E. Brown

d)

Alfred H. Colquitt

3.

Who coined the term "New South"?

a)

John Hope

b)

Tom Watson

c)

Henry Grady

d)

Alonzo Herndon

4.

Which is NOT one of the goals of the New South movement?

a)

increase farming

b)

build more factories

c)

promote cotton textile industries

d)

expand Georgia's industrial economy by diversifying it

5.

What was a result of the "New South" movement in the 1870s and 1880s?

a)

The number of small farms and independent farmers increased

b)

Taxes, war debts, and reliance on cheap labor increased

c)

There was a trend toward industrialization and diversification of agriculture

d)

Farmers ceased planting cotton altogether

6.

During the New South Era, why did Georgia host three "expositions" between 1881 and 1895?

a)

to encourage tourism

b)

to attract new industries

c)

to increase political power

d)

to oppose the New South concept

7.

Which of the following does NOT describe Tom Watson?

a)

He was the leader of Georgia's Populist Movement

b)

As a senator, he argued of farmer's rights

c)

His efforts resulted in the passage of the Rural Free Delivery Bill

d)

As an activist, he helped create the Neighborhood Union, which cleaned up the city slums

8.

Which group was created by the Farmer's Alliance and supported farmer's issues?

a)

Populist Party

b)

Neighborhood Union

c)

White Democratic Party

d)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

9.

In 1891, the Populist Party was formed. At that time in Georgia, people worked long hours in factories, workers competed with large numbers of immigrants for jobs, and farmers suffered from low prices and lack of capital. The Populist Party ran on a platform that promised an eight-hour workday with better working conditions, restriction on immigrants, and guaranteed loans for farmers. Although the party's presidential candidate, James B. Weaver, received more than a million votes nationwide and over 22 electoral votes, very few people in Georgia voted for Weaver and the Populist party. Why was this new party unsuccessful in Georgia?

a)

The Populist Party was identified with black voters

b)

The Populist Party supported the North in the Civil War

c)

The Populist Party was against the rights of young farmers and workers

d)

The Populist Party was outlawed by the Democrat-controlled state legislature

10.

Who was the editor of the Atlanta Journal?

a)

John Hope

b)

Tom Watson

c)

Henry Grady

d)

Alonzo Herndon

11.

During Reconstruction the 14th Amendment was passed in 1868 guaranteeing that no state could take away the rights of United States citizens. In spite of this amendment, Southern states did take away black people's rights as citizens. Homer Plessy, a black person, was arrested on a railroad train and his case was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. The 1896 court decision in Plessy v Ferguson became the legal basis for the next 60 years. The court ruled against Plessy and provided a legal backing for

a)

poll taxes

b)

Jim Crow Laws (segregation)

c)

literacy test

d)

black codes

12.

Which of the following strategies were used to disenfranchise black Georgians in the early 1900s?

a)

poll tax, literacy test, white primary

b)

poll tax, white primary, voting rights act

c)

general elections, Fifteenth Amendment, poll tax

d)

grandfather clause, white primary, Fifteenth Amendment

13.

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that white Atlanta citizens began attacking African Americans during the Atlanta Riot of 1906?

a)

a gubernatorial (governor's) campaign heightened racial tensions

b)

Whites were frustrated at the economic success of African Americans

c)

Newspapers reported attacks on white women by black men

d)

A white girl was attacked and murdered in the factory where she worked

14.

Which activist encouraged African Americans to work hard in vocational careers, such as farming?

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Alonzo Herndon

c)

Alfred H. Colquitt

d)

Booker T. Washington

15.

Who was the son of a white master and a slave that went on to found the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, one of the most successful black-owned insurance businesses in the nation?

a)

Alonzo Herndon

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

16.

Who was one of the founders of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)?

a)

John Hope

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Alonzo Herndon

17.

Alonzo Herndon was an example of which of the following?

a)

The success of the Populist movement in Georgia

b)

The financial success some African Americans achieved despite racism in the early 1900s

c)

The important role played by the Bourbon Triumvirate in the New South

d)

The role Georgia farmers played in the New South movement

18.

The results of the legal case involving which person struck fear in Jewish southerners until the civil rights movement brought significant changes?

a)

Leo Frank

b)

Alonzo Herndon

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Booker T. Washington

19.

The murder of Leo Frank was an example of

a)

Anti-Semitism

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

New South movement

d)

Racial tension between blacks and whites

20.

Which activist would have encouraged an African American businessman to earn a Master's Degree at an Atlanta university?

a)

John Hope

b)

Alonzo Herndon

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

21.

Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon were known as the

a)

3 Musketeers

b)

Bourbon Triumvirate

c)

Populists

d)

Henry Grady's Guys

22.

Where did the Bourbons look for investors for their business?

a)

The South

b)

Their Neighbors

c)

The North

d)

Europe

23.

Who was the leader of the Populist Party?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Alfred Hitchcock

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Tom Watson

24.

This set of laws enforced segregation:

a)

John Eagle Laws

b)

Disenfranchisement Laws

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

The KKK Laws

25.

Taking away African American's right to vote is:

a)

Disenfranchisement

b)

Atlanta Race Riot

c)

Segregation

d)

Party Laws

26.

This man promoted higher education within the black community and believed that college- educated African Americans should lead the fight for equality:

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Tom Watson

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Jefferson Davis

27.

The NAACP is a:

a)

Political Party

b)

a group that fights to protect equal rights for African Americans

c)

an organization that helps poor people

d)

a church who sings about political issues

28.

This man was a successful businessman and was born to a slave mother and a white father:

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Tom Watson

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Alonzo Herndon

29.

Anti-Semitism is defined as:

a)

A hatred against Hispanics

b)

A hatred against Jews

c)

A love for Jews

d)

A love for symmetry

30.

The "Knights of Mary Phagen":

a)

Were from Columbus, Ga

b)

Kidnapped Leo Frank and lynched him

c)

Were family of Leo Frank

d)

Posted on Instagram updates of the case

31.

The Leo Frank Case symbolized:

a)

The need for modern DNA Technology

b)

The growing voice of a Jewish community

c)

White Southerners' strong anti-Semitic feelings during the New South period

d)

Black Southerner's resilience to hatred.

32.

educator, author, political activist, and orator; promoted the idea that African-Americans or Blacks should pursue economic and educational endeavors before seeking social and political equality.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Alonzo Herndon

c)

Leo Frank

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

33.

48 hour riot in Atlanta caused by economic competition and false newspaper accounts of African-American or Black men attacking white women; several African-Americans or Blacks were killed during the riot.

a)

Anti-Semitism

b)

Atlanta Race Riot (1906)

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)

d)

Separate but Equal

34.

Supreme Court case that established the separate but equal doctrine thus promoting segregation

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)

c)

Atlanta Race Riot (1906)

d)

Disenfranchisement

35.

What industrial fair highlighted the growth and improvements of Georgia’s textile industry?

a)

International Cotton Exposititon

b)

Cotton Warehouse

c)

Cotton Pickin Fair

d)

Georgia State Fair

36.

trial where a Northern Jewish pencil factory manager was accused of murdering 13 year old Mary Phagan; found guilty of the crime and sentenced to death, his sentence was later reduced to life due to additional evidence. However, a group of men calling themselves "the Knights of Mary Phagan" took Frank out of his prison cell and lynched him in Marietta

a)

Leo Frank Case

b)

Disenfranchisement

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)

37.

civil rights leader and college professor who fought for immediate social and political rights for African-Americans or Blacks

a)

Leo Frank

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Alonzo Herndon

38.

founder of the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company.

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Leo Frank

d)

Alonzo Herndon

39.

educator, author, political activist, and orator; promoted the idea that African-Americans or Blacks should pursue economic and educational endeavors before seeking social and political equality.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Alonzo Herndon

c)

Leo Frank

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

40.

to deprive a person the right to vote or rights of citizenship

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Separate but Equal

c)

Anti-Semitism

d)

Disenfranchisement

41.

48 hour riot in Atlanta caused by economic competition and false newspaper accounts of African-American or Black men attacking white women; several African-Americans or Blacks were killed during the riot.

a)

Anti-Semitism

b)

Atlanta Race Riot (1906)

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)

d)

Separate but Equal

42.

laws created by state legislatures to deny African-Americans or Blacks citizenship rights

a)

Disenfranchisement

b)

Separate but Equal

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Anti-Semitism

43.

Supreme Court case that established the separate but equal doctrine thus promoting segregation

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)

c)

Atlanta Race Riot (1906)

d)

Disenfranchisement

44.

Prejudice against Jews

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Anti-Semitism

d)

Jim Crow Laws

45.

Principle upheld in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public facilities was legal.

a)

Separate but Equal

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)

46.

A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote

a)

Grandfather Clause

b)

Anti-Semitism

c)

Literacy Test

47.

A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote

a)

Grandfather Clause

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Anti-Semitism

d)

Poll Tax

48.

disenfranchisement law that said if a person's father could vote before the Civil War they would be able to vote as well.

a)

Separate but Equal

b)

Poll Tax

c)

Grandfather Clause

d)

Literacy Test

49.
The Bourbon Triumvirate believed in
a)
lower taxes.
b)
improving working conditions.
c)
economic assistance for the poor.
d)
expansion of educational opportunities
50.
Which statement explains why the term Burbon Triumvirate was most appropriate for Joseph Brown, Alfred Colquitt, and John Gordon?
a)
They shared a strong belief in white supremacy.
b)
They ruled the state consecutively for a period of over thirty years.
c)
They were political rulers drawn together by power and political goals.
d)
They were known for excessive business practices and high profit motives.
51.
Which description explains how the Bourbon Triumvirate might have described the Redemption Period?
a)
A time for social, economic, and political reforms to ease the suffering caused by the war
b)
A New South Progressive era when farms had to be replaced by business and industry in order for the South to prosper
c)
A blending of the new and the old, keeping old southern traditions while building new traditions around industries to rival the North
d)
A time for black and white southerners to come together and work in harmony to rebuild the state's economic, social, and political systems
52.
As the leader of the New South movement, what was Henry Grady supporting?
a)
northern investment in southern industry
b)
southern investment in northern factories
c)
southerners growing more cotton for export
d)
blacks leaving the South to work in the North
53.
As the leader of the New South movement, what was Henry Grady supporting?
a)
northern investment in southern industry
b)
southern investment in northern factories
c)
southerners growing more cotton for export
d)
blacks leaving the South to work in the North
54.
The New South, envisioned by Henry Grady, would
a)
promote tourism.
b)
rival the North economically.
c)
maintain its southern heritage.
d)
provide separate facilities for different races.
55.
The main purpose of the International Cotton Exposition that was held in Atlanta was to
a)
bring visitors to Atlanta.
b)
showcase the cotton gin.
c)
get ideas from foreign countries.
d)
showcase the industries of the New South.
56.
The Populist party in Georgia was the party of the 
a)
wealthy.
b)
abolitionists.
c)
small farmers.
d)
federal bureaucrats.
57.
What was Tom Watson's greatest accomplishment?
a)
a voting bill for women
b)
the Rural Free Delivery bill
c)
a bill to provide meat inspections
d)
a bill to increase the minimum wage
58.
When Rebecca Latimer Felton wrote for the Atlanta Journal, she focused on the need for reforms in
a)
voting laws.
b)
race relations.
c)
the prison system.
d)
working conditions.
59.
Rebecca Latimer Felton did NOT support the
a)
convict lease system.
b)
suffrage movement.
c)
temperance movement.
d)
educational reform movement.