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Reconstruction/New South
Test Description: SS8H7
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1) Who was the son of a white master and a slave that went on to found the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, one of the most successful black-owned insurance businesses in the nation
A
Martin Luther King, Jr.
B
W. E. B. DuBois
C
Maynard Jackson
D
Alonzo Herndon
2) In the South after the Civil War, which of the following enforced segregation in public accommodations
A
Grandfather Clauses
B
County Unit Rules
C
Property Taxes
D
Jim Crow Laws
3) During the New South Era, why did Georgia host 3 'expositions' between 1881 and 1895?
A
to encourage tourism
B
to attract new industries
C
to oppose the New South concept
D
to increase political power
4) Why were Jim Crow laws passed in Georgia?
A
to provide financial relief to farmers
B
to encourage industrial growth
C
to protect the civil rights of minorities
D
to enforce the policy of segregation
5) A key part of Henry Grady's definition of the 'New South' was...
A
providing free college education to all
B
an increase in the amount of manufacturing
C
guaranteeing equal rights for African Americans
D
a refusal to trade with the North
6) Which of these statements describes sharecropping in the South after the Civil War?
A
Most southern state governments eventually outlawed sharecropping because it plaved a major burden on the landowner
B
Many people were able to become rich from the practice of sharecropping
C
Sharecropping looked similar to slavery - many workers received little or no income and remained in the cycle of poverty
D
After the Civil War very few Southerners believed in Sharecropping and tried to find a way to make it illegal
7) The Bourbon Triumvirate was an important group in Georgia after Reconstruction. Which best describes the members of this group?
A
Founders of the Ku Klux Klan
B
Members of the Republican Party
C
Citizens opposing the Prohibition
D
Supporters of the New South Movement
8) Which organization did the federal government create in 1865 to supervise the transition of slaves to freedom
A
American Civil Liberties Union
B
Freedmen's Bureau
C
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
D
Howard University
9) Which of the following strategies were used to disenfranchise black Georgians in the early 1900s?
A
General Elections, 15th Amendment, Poll Tax
B
Poll Tax, White Primary, Voting Rights Act
C
Poll Tax, Literacy Test, White Primary
D
Grandfather Clause, White Primary, 15th Amendment
10) What led to the Populist Party becoming unsuccessful in Georgia?
A
The Populist Party supported the North in the Civil War
B
The Populist Party was against the rights of young farmers and workers
C
The Populist Party was outlawed by the Democrat-controlled state legislature
D
The Populist Party was identified with Black Voters
11) The Supreme Court Case Plessy v. Ferguson made what practice legal?
A
Slavery
B
Segregation
C
Literacy Tests
D
Poll Taxes
12) The results of the legal case involving which person struck fear in Jewish Southerners until the Civil Rights Movement brought significant changes?
A
Mary Phagan
B
Leo Frank
C
Samuel Worcester
D
Carl Sanders
13) What was the main goal of the Bourbon Triumvirate
A
To transform Georgia from an Agrarian Economy to an Industrialized Economy
B
To transform Georgia from an industrialized economy to an agrarian economy
C
To convince the rest of the nation that Georgia's tobacco was the best quality
D
To convince the rest of the nation that Georgia's cotton was the best quality
14) Why was the International Cotton Exposition important
A
It led to Northern businesses removing all of their money from southern factories
B
It led to nothing significant at all
C
It led to Southern farmers buying all of the cotton the North could produce
D
It led to northern businesses investing money in Southern factories
15) What was the major complaint of the County Unit System?
A
It gave large urban counties too much political power
B
It gave small urban counties too much political power
C
It gave small rural counties too much political power
D
It gave large rural counties too much political power
16) Who urged African Americans to speak out against discrimination and also became a founder of the NAACP?
A
Lugenia Burns Hope
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
Booker T. Washington
D
W.E.B. DuBois
17) Which statement describes Booker T. Washington?
A
African American who believed that an African American achieved equality through hard work, founded Tuskegee Institute
B
White Northerner who came to the South to help newly freed slaves adjust to their new way of life
C
White Southerner who strongly opposed ending segregation
D
African-American who campaigned for racial equality and an end to segregation
18) Who was one of the most important African American politicians elected to the General Assembly in Georgia during reconstruction?
A
W.E.B. DuBois
B
Booker T. Washington
C
Martin Luther King Jr.
D
Henry McNeal Turner
19) Which of the following was not a Reconstruction Amendment?
A
Law recognizing that each state must have one African American politician
B
Law giving African Americans the right to vote
C
Law giving citizenship to all African Americans
D
Law outlawing slavery
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