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