WorksheetsGeorgia Studies - WW1 & The New South
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What group was supported by Tom Watson, a Georgia Populist?
a)
farmers
b)
miners
c)
mill workers
d)
railroad workers
2.
What was Tom Watson’s greatest accomplishment?
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
3.
What BEST describes the Bourbon Triumvirate?
a)
It was a group of university educators who supported New South programs.
b)
It was an assembly of African American politicians running for political office.
c)
It was a trio of GA Democrats that controlled the Georgia state government.
d)
It was a meeting of white and black farmers pushing for political reform.
4.
The ____ Amendment officially gave all women the right to vote.
a)
16th Amendment
b)
17th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
5.
Which reform was NOT supported by the Populist party?
a)
8-hour workday
b)
increasing tariffs
c)
graduated income tax
d)
government ownership of railroads
e)
6.
What was a positive aspect of the county unit system?
a)
It was easy to buy votes.
b)
It allowed less populated areas to have the same political power as larger populated areas.
c)
It allowed people to be elected without a majority of the popular vote.
d)
It was difficult to administer.
7.
What did the US Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson?
a)
Blacks could be denied the right to vote
b)
Segregated facilities must be equal
c)
Blacks and whites were equal
d)
Schools must be integrated
8.
Plessy v. Ferguson gave states the right to promote
a)
equal rights
b)
segregation
c)
terrorist attacks
d)
voting rights for blacks
e)
9.
How did southern states limit the rights of African-Americans after the end of Reconstruction?
a)
redrawing state boundaries
b)
passing Jim Crow laws
c)
educating illiterate whites
d)
hosting cotton expositions
e)
10.
Who was Homer Plessy?
a)
governor of GA during Reconstruction
b)
member of the KKK who organized race riots in the late 1800s
c)
a lawmaker who helped draft the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
d)
an African American who refused to move to a segregated railway car
11.
A small farmer in GA who was suffering economically during the 1890's would have been most likely drawn to which of the following?
a)
the Bourbons
b)
the Populists
c)
the New South
d)
the Radical Republicans
12.
Which voting qualification was designed to prevent African Americans from voting?
a)
literacy test
b)
identification number
c)
residency requirement
d)
party affiliation
13.
_______________ helped form the NAACP, and believed that blacks should be intellectuals.
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. DuBois
c)
Homer Plessy
d)
Oswald Garrison Villard
14.
Which did NOT restrict the voting rights of African Americans in Georgia in the early 1900's?
a)
poll tax
b)
eligibility clause
c)
grandfather clause
d)
literacy test
15.
What does the term “separate but equal” describe?
a)
the way the land was apportioned among farmers in the South after the Civil War
b)
the belief in southern states that African Americans deserved equal rights
c)
the idea that races could be kept separate as long as there were equal facilities for both
d)
a method of voting used in the South during Reconstruction.
16.
What happened to Leo Frank after his trial?
a)
He was sentenced and put to death by the state of Georgia prison system.
b)
He spent the rest of his life in prison.
c)
He was found not guilty and freed.
d)
After his sentence was commuted to life in prison, he was taken from jail and lynched in Marietta, Ga.
17.
Who established the civil rights movement known as the Atlanta Compromise, and believed in educating and training blacks in agriculture and domestic services?
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
John Hope
18.
What business made Alonzo Herndon a successful businessman?
a)
Atlanta Life Insurance Company
b)
Coca-Cola
c)
Georgia Pacific
d)
Western and Atlantic Railroad
19.
The __________ was formed in 1909, and its goal was to work for the rights of African-Americans.
a)
National Urban League
b)
NAACP (National Approach to the Advancement of Colored People)
c)
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
d)
NAAA (National Advancement for African-Americans)
20.
__________ invented Coca-Cola, which was named after its two main ingredients- the Coca plant and the Kola nut.
a)
Asa Griggs Candler
b)
Dr. John Pemberton
c)
Robert Woodruff
d)
Willis Venable
21.
Which Georgian served as the first female US senator in US history?
a)
Rebecca Felton
b)
Juliette Gordon Low
c)
Carrie Nation
d)
Susan B. Anthony
22.
What was the “final blow” that led President Woodrow Wilson to ask Congress to declare war against the Central Powers in WWI?
a)
anti-German propaganda in the US
b)
attacks on American merchant ships
c)
sinking of the Lusitania
d)
Zimmerman telegram
23.
What event is celebrated on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year?
a)
the founding of the state of Georgia
b)
sinking of the Titanic
c)
the day that the US entered WWI
d)
armistice that ended WWI
24.
Which was NOT a way that Georgians supported WWI?
a)
growing food
b)
attending school
c)
transporting arms and soldiers
d)
making uniforms
25.
Which statement best explains how Alonzo Herndon is different from the other African American leaders discussed in unit 8?
a)
He fought for universal suffrage, rather than focusing on gaining the right to vote for only African Americans
b)
He was recognized for his argument that African Americans should fight for economic, rather than social, equality with whites.
c)
He believed that racial equality could be achieved only through boycotting white businesses
d)
Herndon gained his status in the business world rather than the world of education.
26.
Which group supported the graduated income tax?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Farmers Alliance
c)
Owners of railroad companies
d)
the Bourbon Triumvirate
27.
Which famous Georgian was known for coining the phrase “New South,” and believed the South should industrialize to rival the North economically?
a)
Tom Watson
b)
Hoke Smith
c)
Henry Grady
d)
John Hope
28.
Political leaders who dominated Georgia after Reconstruction, supported new industry, and often appealed to white supremacy were called
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Populists
c)
Alliance Democrats
d)
the Bourbon Triumvirate
29.
Which Civil Rights leader supported a gradual approach to civil rights and racial equality?
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. DuBois
c)
John Hope
d)
Alonzo Herndon
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