The New South Guided Questions

Due Date: ______

  1. Name the three politicians in Georgia who dominated the state for over 20 years.
  2. What were the three things that The Bourbon Triumvirate held common interest in for Georgia?
  3. Who was the editor of the Atlanta Journal who promoted the “New South”?
  4. Name the three things the International Cotton Exposition was established to do for Georgia.
  5. Tom Watson was the leader of which political party in Georgia known as the People’s Party?
  6. What is the Rural Free Delivery Bill that Tom Watson helped pass as a member of Congress?
  7. What Supreme Court decision helped create Jim Crow laws and segregation?
  8. List the four ways in which African Americans in Georgia were disenfranchised.
  9. Why did the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot occur?
  10. According to Civil Rights leader Booker T. Washington, what were the three ways for African Americans to gain a foothold in white society?
  11. What organization did Civil Rights leader W.E.B. DuBois create that led to successes of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement?
  12. Alonzo Herndon’s life is considered a “rags to riches story”. Why? (Explain)
  13. What company did Alonzo Herndon create that is today worth over 100 million dollars?
  14. In 1913, who was convicted of murdering 13 year-old Mary Phagan at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta?
  15. A group calling themselves the “Knights of Mary Phagan” was created and eventually lynched the convicted killer of Mary Phagan. What did this group eventually become?

The New South Guided Questions

Due Date: ______

  1. Name the three politicians in Georgia who dominated the state for over 20 years.
  2. What were the three things that The Bourbon Triumvirate held common interest in for Georgia?
  3. Who was the editor of the Atlanta Journal who promoted the “New South”?
  4. Name the three things the International Cotton Exposition was established to do for Georgia.
  5. Tom Watson was the leader of which political party in Georgia known as the People’s Party?
  6. What is the Rural Free Delivery Bill that Tom Watson helped pass as a member of Congress?
  7. What Supreme Court decision helped create Jim Crow laws and segregation?
  8. List the four ways in which African Americans in Georgia were disenfranchised.
  9. Why did the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot occur?
  10. According to Civil Rights leader Booker T. Washington, what were the three ways for African Americans to gain a foothold in white society?
  11. What organization did Civil Rights leader W.E.B. DuBois create that led to successes of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement?
  12. Alonzo Herndon’s life is considered a “rags to riches story”. Why? (Explain)
  13. What company did Alonzo Herndon create that is today worth over 100 million dollars?
  14. In 1913, who was convicted of murdering 13 year-old Mary Phagan at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta?
  15. A group calling themselves the “Knights of Mary Phagan” was created and eventually lynched the convicted killer of Mary Phagan. What did this group eventually become?