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The New South Review 2

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 17mins

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Class
Date
1.

The Bourbon Triumvirate believed in

a)

expansion of educational opportunities for African American males.

b)

economic assistance for the poor.

c)

stronger economic ties with the industrial north in order to expand Georgia’s economy & white  supremacy.

d)

lower taxes and increased government spending.

2.
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? (H7a)
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.
3.

Which individual played a significant role in advocating for industrialization in the New South?

a)

Henry Grady

b)

Tom Watson

c)

International Cotton Expositions

d)

The Bourbon Triumvirate

4.

Which event aimed to promote the economic growth of the New South through international exhibitions?

a)

International Cotton Expositions

b)

Bourbon Triumvirate Conventions

c)

Populist Rallies

d)

Grady's Economic Symposiums

5.

The International Cotton Expositions were organized to:

a)

Promote the use of synthetic materials

b)

Showcase the agricultural and industrial achievements of the New South

c)

Advocate for the abolition of slavery

d)

Protest against unfair labor practices

6.

Where is Henry Grady's statue located?

a)

Atlanta, Ga

b)

Washington D.C.

c)

Athens, GA

d)

Tallahassee, Fl

7.

Who promoted the "New South" and the Bourbon Triumvirate in his news articles?

a)

Watson

b)

Grady

c)

Gordon

d)

Brown

8.

What event took place in Atlanta during the 1880s & 1890s that helped promote the "New South" and lure Northern investors into the region?

a)

The World's Fair

b)

International Cotton Exposition

c)

Olympic Games

d)

Andersonville Prison

9.

Who spoke at the International Cotton Exposition in a speech known as the Atlanta Compromise Speech?

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

George Washington

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Alfred Colquitt

10.

Three powerful politicians that dominated Georgia politics for two decades were called the:

a)

New Democrats

b)

Bourbon Triumvirate

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Farmers' Alliance

11.

Which political party represented the common man, especially farmers, and was against industrial interests?

a)

Populists

b)

Democrats

c)

Republicans

d)

Independents

12.

Who was the U.S. Senator who argued for poor farmers' issues like lowering farm taxes?

a)

Joseph Brown

b)

Alfred Colquitt

c)

Tom Watson

d)

John Gordon

13.

Who criticized Grady's "New South" ideas because he felt Grady was abandoning Georgia's poor farmers?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Tom Watson

c)

Joseph E. Brown

d)

John Gordon

14.

Who was the leader of the Populist Party?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Alfred Hitchcock

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Tom Watson

15.

This set of laws enforced segregation:

a)

John Eagle Laws

b)

Disenfranchisement Laws

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

The KKK Laws

16.

Taking away African American's right to vote is:

a)

Disenfranchisement

b)

Atlanta Race Riot

c)

Segregation

d)

Party Laws

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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

22.

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.

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

26.

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)

27.

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

28.

founder of the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company.

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Leo Frank

d)

Alonzo Herndon

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

32.

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)

33.

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

34.

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

35.

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