WorksheetsUnit 7 Test Review(2)
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What policy would the Bourbon Triumvirate have MOST LIKELY supported?
a)
Improving education for African Americans.
b)
Expanding Georgia's railroads to aid in building a strong mining industry.
2.
2. What was the main purpose of the International
Cotton Expositions held in Atlanta during the
New South Era?
a)
To help the unemployed find work.
b)
To encourage Northerners to invest in GA's cotton industry.
c)
To help African American business owners reach new customers.
3.
3. After Reconstruction, the Bourbon Triumvirate's
powerful influence in Georgia politics led to...
a)
Industrialization and restriction on the rights of African Americans
b)
advancements in Georgia's public schools, especially for minorities.
4.
4. Which cause did Tom Watson and other Populists support at the turn of the twentieth century?
a)
Encouraging Industrial development.
b)
Promoting the interests of farmers.
5.
5. As managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s, what did Henry Grady use the paper to promote?
a)
Women's right to vote
b)
racial integration
c)
Southern industrial growth
6.
6. How were the members of the Bourbon
Triumvirate similar? (Select 2)
a)
All three were white supremacists.
b)
All three were originally from the North.
c)
All three supported industrial development.
d)
All three were opponents (against) Jim Crow laws.
7.
7. Why did southern legislatures enact Jim Crow
laws after Reconstruction?
a)
to help grow the devastated southern economy.
b)
to prevent African Americans from exercising their civil rights.
c)
to encourage migration of Northern workers to the South.
8.
8. How did the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy
v. Ferguson impact society in the South?
a)
Nearly every aspect of life throughout the region became segregated along racial lines.
b)
Local governments throughout the region added more African Americans as elected officials.
c)
The restriction of States' right led to public unrest due to the abuse of federal powers.
9.
9. Despite the ratification of the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments, many southern states
kept African Americans from exercising their right
to vote during the "Jim Crow Era." Why were they
able to do this?
a)
The federal government did not adequately enforce the amendments and other laws in the south.
b)
Georgia and other states did not ratify the amendments so they did not have to follow them.
10.
10. Which answer choice correctly explains the
ultimate impact of the 1906 Atlanta Riot on the
city?.
a)
It led to the deepening of racial segregation in the city.
b)
It led to the removal of 32 black legislators from office.
11.
12. Which is true about the 1906 riot in Atlanta?
a)
It was prompted by politicians stirring up their supporters and biased newspaper stories.
b)
It was fueled by Jewish factory owners.
c)
It was started by farmers seeking to protest cotton prices.
d)
The City become less segregated as black people moved out.
12.
13. Which of the following would NOT have been a
Jim Crow law enacted after Reconstruction in the
South?
a)
Laws prohibiting stores from selling alcohol on certain days of the week.
b)
Laws requiring railroads to provide racially segregated passenger rail cars.
c)
Laws prohibiting a white person from marrying an African American person.
13.
14. After the Civil War Georgia did not have the monetary resources it need to fund industrial growth. What group was recruited to come to Georgia and make significant capital investments which funded industrial growth?
a)
Wealthy Northern Investors
b)
Redeemer Democrats
14.
15. In the 1898 case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the
Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana law that
required African American and white passengers
to sit in different rail cars did not violate the
Constitution. Which legal doctrine was
established by this case?
a)
innocent until proven guilty
b)
separate but equal
c)
Jim Crow Segregation
15.
16. How did the views of prominent African American leaders W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington differ?
a)
Washington advocated tolerance of racial discrimination, while Dubois argued that African Americans must demand their civil rights to combat racism.
b)
Dubois and Washington had very similar views. Both agreed that racial discrimination should be tolerated and also combated.
16.
17. What did Booker T. Washington urge African
Americans to focus on in his speech at the 1895
Atlanta Exposition?
a)
causing civil disorder to achieve social justice.
b)
tolerate jim crow and advance oneself through education
17.
18. How were the views of W.E.B. DuBois and
Booker T. Washington in regards to civil rights similar?
a)
Both wanted to see African Americans gain civil rights and prosper in the U.S.A.
b)
Both held the view that African Americans should fight for their civil rights via protest, boycotts, and voting campaigns.
18.
19. In Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise speech, he urged African Americans to advance themselves through economic opportunities and education. He said that once African Americans had done so, they would then gain acceptance from whites. What was W. E. B. DuBois's response to Washington's speech?
a)
He disagreed with Washington because he believed Washington's strategy of gradual acceptance over time would not achieve the goal of equal rights for all.
b)
He agree with Washington and moved to Alabaman to work at Tuskegee Institute as a professor of Law.
19.
20. Many civil rights activists disagreed with Booker T. Washington's views of civil rights because they felt his approach was too radical and called for too much change too quickly. They also felt his belief in protesting would get many people killed.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
20.
21. What was Alonzo Herndon's goal in the early
1900s?
a)
to found and teach in universities for African American students.
b)
to help African American businesses and businessmen succeed.
21.
22. Study the newspaper headline about the Leo Frank case. Based on your knowledge of the case, what is this newspaper evidence of?
a)
The newspaper was allowing the federal government to get involved in the case to make sure Frank received a fair trial.
b)
The newspaper did not follow honest journalism practices and was biased towards Jews.
22.
23. What was a consequence of the Leo Frank case in the state of Georgia?
a)
the re-establishment of the "modern" Ku Klux Klan.
b)
the onset of an economic depression.
c)
increased disenfranchisment of African American voters.
23.
24. How did Leo Frank's trial conclude?
a)
Due to the overwhelming evidence against him, Frank was found guilty and sentenced to death.
b)
In spite of conflicted testimony and falsified evidence, Frank was still found guilty and sentenced to death.
24.
25. Booker T. Washington ....
a)
founded the NAACP with W.E.B. Dubois
b)
was president of Tuskegee Institute
25.
26. Which of these was an effect of the U.S.
Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
a)
Many black people became small business owners.
b)
Many black people were restricted from entering many public places
c)
Many black people now had access to a free college education.
26.
27. Read the following scenario and determine how the individual is being disenfranchised.
Robert is a sharecropper who has a hard time
making ends meet financially. The next election is
coming up and he already knows he will not be
able to vote because he didn't bring in enough
money this year.
How is he being disenfranchised?
a)
Literacy Test
b)
Poll Tax
27.
28. Read the following scenario and determine how the individual is being disenfranchised.
John has to go prove that he can read and write
in order to be able to vote. This is almost
impossible for John because he has never been
to school.
How is he being disenfranchised?
a)
Literacy Test
b)
Poll Tax
28.
29. Disenfranchisement is when...
a)
the right to vote of a citizen or citizens is taken away or prohibited.
b)
children are allowed and/or forced to work in factories so the family can pay back debt.
c)
the sale and use of alcoholic beverages is forbidden.
29.
30. What was the immediate spark of the riot that
occurred in Atlanta in 1906?
a)
the killing of a white family by a black man
b)
stories of black violence against white women.
30.
31. A leading figure in the People's Party, also known as the Populist Party, Tom Watson was chosen as the party's 1904 presidential candidate. Based on your knowledge of Watson and the Populists, which of these causes would Watson have MOST LIKELY supported?
a)
reducing government regulation on railroads so they could charge more to transport corps.
b)
Raising Taxes to hurt small farmers
c)
raising taxes to finance industrial expansion
d)
Limiting the interest rate that bankers could charge farmers on loans.
31.
32. Which of the following had the longest lasting and in some case still affects African American's today?
a)
Economic Jim Crow Laws (employment and banking bias)
b)
Educational Jim Crow Law (separate schools)
32.
33. What event took place in Atlanta during the
1880s & 1890s that helped promote the "New
South" and lure Northern investors into the
region?
a)
Leo Frank Case
b)
Andersonville Prison Memorial Tour
c)
International Cotton Exposition
33.
34. How did the Leo Frank case impact Georgia
society?
a)
The rise in antisemitism in Georgia that resulted from the case contributed to the reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan.
b)
The increase in migration from the north to GA in response to the case helped reinvigorate the state's economy.
34.
35. How did Georgia Governor John M. Slaton's
actions in relation to the Leo Frank case and the
events that followed impact his governorship?
a)
Slaton's effort to ensure that Frank was punished to the harshest extent of the law increased his popularity among Georgians, enabling him to gain reelection.
b)
Slaton's decision to reduce Frank's sentence from death to life in prison was met with considerable backlash due to the prevalence of antisemitism in GA, ultimately endings his political career.
35.
36. Which of the following BEST supports the claim that the International Cotton Exposition of 1881 was an important success for Georgia?
a)
It encouraged small-scale agricultural operations
b)
It attracted significant industrial resources from the north.
36.
37. Which of the following BEST describes Alonzo
Herndon?
a)
Entrepreneur, business leader, philanthropist (donated money to causes)
b)
Entrepreneur, college professor, and civil rights activists (protester)
37.
38. What was Alonzo Herndon's MAIN goal when he founded the Atlanta Mutual Insurance
Association in 1905?
a)
to become as powerful and rich as possible.
b)
to gain wealth and help other African Americans.
c)
to create the largest insurance company in the South.
38.
39. Which THREE people were part of the Bourbon
Triumvirate, which controlled politics in Georgia
between the 1870s and the 1890s?
a)
Joseph E. Brown
b)
Alfred H. Colquitt
c)
John B. Gordon
d)
Henry Grady
39.
40. Why did Tom Watson and other notable members of the Populist Party criticize Henry Grady for his work with the Atlanta Constitution?
a)
for encouraging women to demand the right to vote.
b)
for supporting industry over the interests of farmers.
40.
41. How did the Supreme Court justify its ruling in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson?
a)
The court felt that African American were property and not citizens, thus legalizing slavery.
b)
The court felt that civil right only applied to gender issues and not race related issues.
c)
the court felt that the 14th Amendments extended political rights to African Americans, but not social rights.
d)
the court felt that giving African Americans equal rights would cause violence and hurt the nation, so the courted voted against them having rights.
41.
42. Alonzo Herndon was a millionaire businessman who lived in Atlanta, Georgia, in the early twentieth century. What made his circumstances unique?
a)
He was a former slaves who used his wealth to help other African Americans better themsleves.
b)
He was a former slaveholder who gave most of his wealth to charities and schools.
42.
43. The controversial conviction of Leo Frank for the death of Mary Phagan, and his later murder,
were representative of which prejudices held by
many in the South at that time?
a)
antisemitism
b)
antibigotry
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