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Unit 8 Test: The New South Era (SS8H7a, b, c)

  1. Which statement BEST explains the Bourbon Triumvirate?
  1. They believed in creating taxes to pay for changes in the state.
  2. They were family members of the legendary Bourbon monarchy of France.
  3. They were governors who lead Georgia during Reconstruction and the New South time periods.
  4. They believed that black and white southerners could work together in harmony to rebuild the state’s politics, economics, and society.
  1. Which of the men below WAS NOT a member of the Bourbon Triumvirate?
  1. Henry Grady
  2. John Gordon
  3. Joseph Brown
  4. Alfred Colquitt
  1. Which Georgia leader coined or created the phase “New South?”
  1. Henry Grady
  2. John Gordon
  3. Joseph Brown
  4. Rebecca Latimer Felton
  1. As the leader of the New South movement, what did Henry Grady support?
  1. White supremacy
  2. Southerners growing more cotton to sell
  3. Northern investment in southern industries
  4. Southern investment into northern factories
  1. What was the main purpose of the 1895 International Cotton States Exposition?
  1. Increase tourism
  2. Showcase the cotton gin
  3. Increase trade with foreign countries
  4. Showcase industries of the New South
  1. Which city hosted the International Cotton States Exposition in 1895?
  1. Athens
  2. Albany
  3. Atlanta
  4. Augusta
  1. Which Georgia Populist party leader called on black and white farmers to unite in an effort to gain fair treatment from both the state and federal government?
  1. Hoke Smith
  2. Tom Watson
  3. Joseph Brown
  4. Alonzo Herndon
  1. How did the passage of the Rural Free Delivery bill change America, during the New South Era?
  1. Women were granted the right to vote.
  2. Post offices must deliver mail free of charge to all homes.
  3. Meat inspection process is required before meat is sold to customers.
  4. Prisoners were forced to build roads and work on other public projects.

Read the following passage for #9:

Rebecca Latimer Felton was a tireless worker for fairness and justice and was deeply involved in many causes. She was a leader in suffrage (right for women to vote) and temperance (anti-alcohol) movements. She also worked to bring about reform in the state’s prison system. Felton is perhaps best remembered today as the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate.

  1. According to the reading passage above, Rebecca Latimer Felton DID NOT support…?
  1. Suffrage movement (women voting)
  2. Convict lease system (prisons)
  3. Temperance movement (anti-alcohol)
  4. Educational reform movement (schools)
  1. What was the immediate cause of the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906?
  1. The election of Hoke Smith as governor.
  2. The murder of an African American family.
  3. African Americans being denied the right to vote.
  4. Local newspapers reporting of African Americans attacking white women.
  1. In 1913, who was accused of murdering 13 year old Mary Phagan at the National Pencil Factory in Marietta, Georgia?
  1. Leo Frank
  2. Hoke Smith
  3. Tom Watson
  4. Alonzo Herndon
  1. After opening the Crystal Palace barbershop, a funeral home, and creating the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, who became the wealthiest African American in the United States until the 1930s?
  1. Leo Frank
  2. W.E.B. DuBois
  3. Alonzo Herndon
  4. Booker T. Washington
  1. How did the county unit system affect voting and politics in Georgia?
  1. Favoring cities where most people lived
  2. Focusing on power inside the Atlanta area
  3. Helping African Americans get more voting power
  4. Giving rural counties more votes and power in the legislature
  1. What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws, during the early 1900s?
  1. Ban alcohol
  2. Promote new industries
  3. Segregate blacks and whites
  4. Provide equal rights for blacks
  1. What did Plessy v. Ferguson give states the right to promote?
  1. Equal rights
  2. Segregation
  3. Terrorist attacks
  4. Voting rights for blacks
  1. Which African American leader believed through education, a “Talented Tenth” of the African American population could serve as leaders? He also worked as a professor and president of the Atlanta University.
  1. John Hope
  2. W.E.B. DuBois
  3. Alonzo Herndon
  4. Booker T. Washington
  1. Which African American leader believed that African Americans would be accepted by society, if they had a trade or skill? He created Tuskegee College in Alabama.
  1. John Hope
  2. W.E.B. DuBois
  3. Alonzo Herndon
  4. Booker T. Washington
  1. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizenship and equal rights to all people born in the USA?
  1. 13th Amendment
  2. 14th Amendment
  3. 15th Amendment
  4. 16th Amendment
  1. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned slavery in the USA?
  1. 13th Amendment
  2. 14th Amendment
  3. 15th Amendment
  4. 16th Amendment
  1. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed all male citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?
  1. 13th Amendment
  2. 14th Amendment
  3. 15th Amendment
  4. 16th Amendment

ANSWER KEY

  1. C
  2. A
  3. A
  4. C
  5. D
  6. C
  7. B
  8. B
  9. D
  10. D
  11. A
  12. C
  13. D
  14. C
  15. B
  16. B
  17. D
  18. B
  19. A
  20. C
  21. Similarities-These men wanted Georgia to be able to compete economically with the North, by expanding industries, relying less on cash crops, and diversifying crops; Differences-Henry Grady wanted better treatment and opportunities for African Americans, while the Bourbon Triumvirate believed in white supremacy.
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