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WorksheetsNew South Review- SS8H7
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 20mins
Three powerful Georgia politicians (Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon) who dominated Georgia politics for over 20 years.
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Managing editor for the Atlanta Journal who promoted the concept of the “New South.”
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To deprive a person the right to vote or rights of citizenship.
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Period after Reconstruction where political and community leaders in the South sought to diversify Georgia’s economy and bring Northern technology and/or investments into the state.
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A short lived political party (1892-1908) made up of farmers that were hostile to banks, railroads, and social elites. At the beginning, the party was made up of both whites and blacks. Georgian Tom Watson was a leader and presidential candidate for the party.
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Laws created by state legislatures to deny African-Americans or Blacks citizenship rights
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Lawyer, writer, and politician from Georgia; most well-known for his rural free delivery bill; began his career in the independent democrat and populist party with a progressive view of racial policies; ended his career as an ardent segregationist and anti-Semite; died while serving a term as U.S. senator from Georgia.
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Supreme Court case that established the “separate but equal” doctrine thus promoting segregation. Supreme Court case that established the “separate but equal” doctrine thus promoting segregation.
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Civil rights leader and college professor who fought for immediate social and political rights for African-Americans or Blacks.
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Founder of the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company.
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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.
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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
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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.
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A series of three large events (1881, 1885, 1895) established to display Atlanta’s growth and industrial capabilities and to lure Northern investment to the region
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What is the name given to Georgia politicians: Joseph E. Brown, John B. Gordon, and Alfred H. Colquitt?
The Populist Party
The Bourbon Triumvirate
The Farmer's Alliance
The New South
Why was the Bourbon Triumvirate important to Georgia?
They fought to secure rights for the hard working farmers.
They helped bring industry to Georgia.
They assured blacks received equal rights.
They protected Georgia from the railroad industry.
The purpose of the International Cotton Exposition was to
Show off Atlanta's industry and farming developments
Show off Atlanta's racial equality and unity
Show off Atlanta's new gold domed capital building
Show off Atlanta's new transportation systems
Why did the Populist Party grow so strong in the South?
They were successful in expanding the railroads and bringing industry to Atlanta.
Many farmers felt ignored while politicians passed laws focusing on growing industry.
The party fought on behalf of African Americans to demand equal rights.
The party invited women to join to fight for suffrage for all.
Who used his newspaper to promote the "New South" showing the world that Georgia had changed?
Tom Watson
Henry Grady
Booker T. Washington
Joseph E. Brown
Tom Watson broke away from the Democratic party and joined the Populist party because he wanted to help
Poor farmers
Wealthy landowners
Wealthy bussinessmen
Powerful lawmakers
What was the name of the time period the New South era began?
Reformation
Post Modernist
Industrial
Populism
When and where was Henry Grady born?
1864 in Atlanta, Ga
1860 in Athens, Ga
1872,in Macon, Ga
1857, in Brunswick, Ga.
Alonzo Herndon used his wealth to support (a) .
These three men were known as the Bourbon Triumvirate:
Alonzo Herndon
John Gordon
Joseph Brown
Alfred Colquitt
Jeff Long
Alonzo Herndon owned three barber shops and an insurance agency.
True
False
What platform was used to fuel protest and race riots during Jim Crow Segregation?
Propaganda
Newspaper
Radio
Religious Institutions
This person was a great businessman but a bad planter.
John Gordon
Joseph Brown
Alfred Colquitt
This person provided the political framework for motivation for Atlanta as the symbol of the New South.
Alonzo Herndon
Alfred Colquitt
Henry Grady
John Gordon
What is segregation?
The racial profiling on someone
The act of bringing together
The separation of things
The enforced separation of different racial groups in a community or establishment.
When was the end of Jim Crow?
18th century
21st century
19th century
20th century
