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AKS 37c Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which activist was born a slave but became the wealthiest African-America in Atlanta by 1927?
a)
Alonzo Herndon
b)
W.E.B. DuBois
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
John Hope
2.
What was Alonzo Herndon's first business?
a)
A barber shop
b)
A restaurant
c)
A used car dealership
d)
A grocery store
3.
What did Alonzo Herndon found?
a)
Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Co.
b)
MetLife Insurance
c)
Geico Insurance
d)
Nationwide Insurance
4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

7.

Born a slave in Social Circle, Georgia

Owner of The Crystal Palace

Founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company

Became the wealthiest African-American in Georgia

a)

Alonozo Herndon

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Homer Plessy

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

8.

What was the purpose of the International Cotton Expositions that were promoted by Henry Grady?

a)

To show off the South's new technologies and uses for it's natural resources

b)

To show to the world how Jim Crow laws were creating racial harmony.

c)

To show to the North that the South was still heavily dependent on producing cotton

d)

To showcase early civil rights leaders, like Booker T. Washington

9.

Which early civil rights leader believed that African-Americans should work hard and eventually they would gain equality?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Alonzo Herndon

d)

Homer Plessy

10.

Which early civil rights leader believed that African-Americans should demand immediate equality through active protests?

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Alonzo Herndon

d)

Homer Plessy