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Total questions: 59
Worksheet time: 34mins
The Bourbon Triumvirate was an important group in Georgia after Reconstruction. Which best describes the members of this group?
They supported the New South and ran the Atlanta Constitution newspaper
They argued that African Americans should be outspoken in their fight for equality
They protested Georgia's textile industry at the International Cotton Exposition
They supported the New South movement and all served as either a Georgia governor or senator
Which of the following was NOT one of the three men referred to as the Bourbon Triumvirate?
Tom P. Watson
John B. Gordon
Joseph E. Brown
Alfred H. Colquitt
Who coined the term "New South"?
John Hope
Tom Watson
Henry Grady
Alonzo Herndon
Which is NOT one of the goals of the New South movement?
increase farming
build more factories
promote cotton textile industries
expand Georgia's industrial economy by diversifying it
What was a result of the "New South" movement in the 1870s and 1880s?
The number of small farms and independent farmers increased
Taxes, war debts, and reliance on cheap labor increased
There was a trend toward industrialization and diversification of agriculture
Farmers ceased planting cotton altogether
During the New South Era, why did Georgia host three "expositions" between 1881 and 1895?
to encourage tourism
to attract new industries
to increase political power
to oppose the New South concept
Which of the following does NOT describe Tom Watson?
He was the leader of Georgia's Populist Movement
As a senator, he argued of farmer's rights
His efforts resulted in the passage of the Rural Free Delivery Bill
As an activist, he helped create the Neighborhood Union, which cleaned up the city slums
Which group was created by the Farmer's Alliance and supported farmer's issues?
Populist Party
Neighborhood Union
White Democratic Party
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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?
The Populist Party was identified with black voters
The Populist Party supported the North in the Civil War
The Populist Party was against the rights of young farmers and workers
The Populist Party was outlawed by the Democrat-controlled state legislature
Who was the editor of the Atlanta Journal?
John Hope
Tom Watson
Henry Grady
Alonzo Herndon
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
poll taxes
Jim Crow Laws (segregation)
literacy test
black codes
Which of the following strategies were used to disenfranchise black Georgians in the early 1900s?
poll tax, literacy test, white primary
poll tax, white primary, voting rights act
general elections, Fifteenth Amendment, poll tax
grandfather clause, white primary, Fifteenth Amendment
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 gubernatorial (governor's) campaign heightened racial tensions
Whites were frustrated at the economic success of African Americans
Newspapers reported attacks on white women by black men
A white girl was attacked and murdered in the factory where she worked
Which activist encouraged African Americans to work hard in vocational careers, such as farming?
W.E.B. DuBois
Alonzo Herndon
Alfred H. Colquitt
Booker T. Washington
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?
Alonzo Herndon
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who was one of the founders of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)?
John Hope
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Alonzo Herndon
Alonzo Herndon was an example of which of the following?
The success of the Populist movement in Georgia
The financial success some African Americans achieved despite racism in the early 1900s
The important role played by the Bourbon Triumvirate in the New South
The role Georgia farmers played in the New South movement
The results of the legal case involving which person struck fear in Jewish southerners until the civil rights movement brought significant changes?
Leo Frank
Alonzo Herndon
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
The murder of Leo Frank was an example of
Anti-Semitism
Popular Sovereignty
New South movement
Racial tension between blacks and whites
Which activist would have encouraged an African American businessman to earn a Master's Degree at an Atlanta university?
John Hope
Alonzo Herndon
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon were known as the
3 Musketeers
Bourbon Triumvirate
Populists
Henry Grady's Guys
Where did the Bourbons look for investors for their business?
The South
Their Neighbors
The North
Europe
Who was the leader of the Populist Party?
Jefferson Davis
Alfred Hitchcock
W.E.B. DuBois
Tom Watson
This set of laws enforced segregation:
John Eagle Laws
Disenfranchisement Laws
Jim Crow Laws
The KKK Laws
Taking away African American's right to vote is:
Disenfranchisement
Atlanta Race Riot
Segregation
Party Laws
This man promoted higher education within the black community and believed that college- educated African Americans should lead the fight for equality:
W.E.B. DuBois
Tom Watson
Booker T. Washington
Jefferson Davis
The NAACP is a:
Political Party
a group that fights to protect equal rights for African Americans
an organization that helps poor people
a church who sings about political issues
This man was a successful businessman and was born to a slave mother and a white father:
Booker T. Washington
Tom Watson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Alonzo Herndon
Anti-Semitism is defined as:
A hatred against Hispanics
A hatred against Jews
A love for Jews
A love for symmetry
The "Knights of Mary Phagen":
Were from Columbus, Ga
Kidnapped Leo Frank and lynched him
Were family of Leo Frank
Posted on Instagram updates of the case
The Leo Frank Case symbolized:
The need for modern DNA Technology
The growing voice of a Jewish community
White Southerners' strong anti-Semitic feelings during the New South period
Black Southerner's resilience to hatred.
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.
Booker T. Washington
Alonzo Herndon
Leo Frank
W.E.B. DuBois
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.
Anti-Semitism
Atlanta Race Riot (1906)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)
Separate but Equal
Supreme Court case that established the separate but equal doctrine thus promoting segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)
Atlanta Race Riot (1906)
Disenfranchisement
What industrial fair highlighted the growth and improvements of Georgia’s textile industry?
International Cotton Exposititon
Cotton Warehouse
Cotton Pickin Fair
Georgia State Fair
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
Leo Frank Case
Disenfranchisement
Jim Crow Laws
Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)
civil rights leader and college professor who fought for immediate social and political rights for African-Americans or Blacks
Leo Frank
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Alonzo Herndon
founder of the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company.
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Leo Frank
Alonzo Herndon
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.
Booker T. Washington
Alonzo Herndon
Leo Frank
W.E.B. DuBois
to deprive a person the right to vote or rights of citizenship
Jim Crow Laws
Separate but Equal
Anti-Semitism
Disenfranchisement
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.
Anti-Semitism
Atlanta Race Riot (1906)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)
Separate but Equal
laws created by state legislatures to deny African-Americans or Blacks citizenship rights
Disenfranchisement
Separate but Equal
Jim Crow Laws
Anti-Semitism
Supreme Court case that established the separate but equal doctrine thus promoting segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)
Atlanta Race Riot (1906)
Disenfranchisement
Prejudice against Jews
Jim Crow Laws
Literacy Test
Anti-Semitism
Jim Crow Laws
Principle upheld in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public facilities was legal.
Separate but Equal
Literacy Test
Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)
A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote
Grandfather Clause
Anti-Semitism
Literacy Test
A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote
Grandfather Clause
Literacy Test
Anti-Semitism
Poll Tax
disenfranchisement law that said if a person's father could vote before the Civil War they would be able to vote as well.
Separate but Equal
Poll Tax
Grandfather Clause
Literacy Test
