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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
W. E. B. DuBois
B
Maynard Jackson
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
Jim Crow Laws
B
County Unit Rules
C
Property Taxes
D
Grandfather Clauses
3) During the New South Era, why did Georgia host 3 'expositions' between 1881 and 1895?
A
to attract new industries
B
to increase political power
C
to encourage tourism
D
to oppose the New South concept
4) Why were Jim Crow laws passed in Georgia?
A
to provide financial relief to farmers
B
to protect the civil rights of minorities
C
to encourage industrial growth
D
to enforce the policy of segregation
5) A key part of Henry Grady's definition of the 'New South' was...
A
an increase in the amount of manufacturing
B
providing free college education to all
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
Many people were able to become rich from the practice of sharecropping
B
Sharecropping looked similar to slavery - many workers received little or no income and remained in the cycle of poverty
C
Most southern state governments eventually outlawed sharecropping because it plaved a major burden on the landowner
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
Supporters of the New South Movement
C
Citizens opposing the Prohibition
D
Members of the Republican Party
8) Which organization did the federal government create in 1865 to supervise the transition of slaves to freedom
A
Freedmen's Bureau
B
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
C
Howard University
D
American Civil Liberties Union
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
Grandfather Clause, White Primary, 15th Amendment
D
General Elections, 15th Amendment, Poll Tax
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 identified with Black Voters
C
The Populist Party was against the rights of young farmers and workers
D
The Populist Party was outlawed by the Democrat-controlled state legislature
11) The Supreme Court Case Plessy v. Ferguson made what practice legal?
A
Segregation
B
Slavery
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
Samuel Worcester
B
Mary Phagan
C
Carl Sanders
D
Leo Frank
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 industrialized economy to an agrarian economy
C
To transform Georgia from an Agrarian Economy to an Industrialized 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 Southern farmers buying all of the cotton the North could produce
B
It led to Northern businesses removing all of their money from southern factories
C
It led to nothing significant at all
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 rural counties too much political power
B
It gave large urban counties too much political power
C
It gave small rural counties too much political power
D
It gave small urban counties too much political power
16) Who urged African Americans to speak out against discrimination and also became a founder of the NAACP?
A
Booker T. Washington
B
W.E.B. DuBois
C
Lugenia Burns Hope
D
Thomas Jefferson
17) Which statement describes Booker T. Washington?
A
White Northerner who came to the South to help newly freed slaves adjust to their new way of life
B
African American who believed that an African American achieved equality through hard work, founded Tuskegee Institute
C
African-American who campaigned for racial equality and an end to segregation
D
White Southerner who strongly opposed ending 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
Henry McNeal Turner
C
Martin Luther King Jr.
D
Booker T. Washington
19) Which of the following was not a Reconstruction Amendment?
A
Law giving citizenship to all African Americans
B
Law giving African Americans the right to vote
C
Law outlawing slavery
D
Law recognizing that each state must have one African American politician
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