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SS8h7 Georgia During The New South Era

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

Who was the leader of the Populist Party?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Alfred Hitchcock

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Tom Watson

3.

This set of laws enforced segregation:

a)

John Eagle Laws

b)

Disenfranchisement Laws

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

The KKK Laws

4.

Taking away African American's right to vote is:

a)

Disenfranchisement

b)

Atlanta Race Riot

c)

Segregation

d)

Party Laws

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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.

11.

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

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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)

16.

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

17.

founder of the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company.

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Leo Frank

d)

Alonzo Herndon

18.

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

19.

Prejudice against Jews

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Anti-Semitism

d)

Jim Crow Laws

20.

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)

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

24.

Which of the following was NOT one of the Bourbon Triumvirate?

a)

Henry Grady

b)

Joseph E Brown

c)

John B Gordon

d)

Alfred H Colquitt

25.

What was the name of the industrial fairs that spotlighted attention on the state's cotton textile industry?

a)

Georgia State Peach Fair

b)

Advancement in the Textile Industry

c)

Cotton Textile Fair

d)

International Cotton Exposition

26.

He was responsible for helping to pass the Rural Free Delivery Act.

a)

William Frankly

b)

Joseph Brown

c)

John Jay

d)

Thomas Watson

27.

Who is this man that was arrested in Louisiana for riding in the "White's Only" section of a railcar.

a)

Plessy Johnson

b)

John Furguson

c)

Homer Furguson

d)

Homer Plessy

28.

The man pictured is credited with coining the term "New South"

a)

Thomas Watson

b)

Larry Jones

c)

Henry Grady

d)

Homer Plessy

29.

Populists like Tom Watson believed that some Americans needed more support in the New South. Populists worked to help

a)

Bankers

b)

Railroad executives

c)

Farmers

d)

Plutocrats

30.

Populists like Tom Watson believed that some Americans needed more support in the New South. Populists worked to help

a)

Bankers

b)

Railroad executives

c)

Farmers

d)

Plutocrats

31.

Henry Grady was

a)

a Confederate veteran who ran for governor

b)

a farmer who planted cotton as a cash crop

c)

a newspaper editor who gave speeches about the New South

d)

a doctor who started a hospital that is now named for him

32.

The International Cotton Expositions in Atlanta

a)

showed off Atlanta’s growth and industrial capabilities

b)

showed off Atlanta's amazing car manufacturing industries

c)

featured buildings that were made entirely out of cotton

d)

tried to convince Northern investors to spend money in the region

33.

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

34.
During the New South era, why did Georgia host the International Cotton Exposition?
a)
to encourage tourism
b)
to increase political power
c)
to attract new industries
d)
to oppose the New South concept
35.

This Jim Crow law did not allow African- Americans to vote in any of the important primary elections.

a)

Grandfather Clause

b)

Poll Tax

c)

Literacy Test

d)

The White Primary