New South
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- Q1Held in Atlanta on three occasions, 1881, 1887, and 1895, what event was sponsored by boosters of the New South movement to showcase Georgia industry and encourage outside investment?World's FairThe Olympic GamesSuper BowlsInternational Cotton Expositions30s
- Q2Before serving four terms as governor of Georgia as a leader of the Bourbon Triumvirate, I went to Yale and was a lawyer and a judge. Who am I?Henry GradyJoseph BrownAlfred H. ColquittJohn B. Gordon30s
- Q3"The farmer is the backbone of this nation. Today he is forgotten politically and isolated socially. Our party plans to fix that and to fix his isolation with rural free delivery across this great land." This quote advocating rural free delivery would MOST likely be from which New South Era Georgian and Populist leader?Tom WatsonBooker T. WashingtonJohn B. GordonW.E.B. DuBois30s
- Q4What do the following educational statistics from 1908 in Georgia indicate about the reality of "separate but equal" educational facilities?White and Black educational opportunities were clearly equal in 1908.White schools were much better funded than Black schools.White and Black schools operated exactly the same in 1908.Black schools were funded the same as White schools.30s
- Q5While born a slave, he was educated at Hampton Institute and made Tuskegee Institute the model for Black Colleges across the country. Who was he?John HopeW.E.B. DuBoisBooker T. WashingtonAlonzo Herndon30s
- Q6With his barber shop and real estate empires, this Black Atlantan was already wealthy before he founded the Atlanta Life Insurance Company and became the first Black millionaire in Atlanta. Who was he?W.E.B. DuBoisJohn HopeBooker T. WashingtonAlonzo Herndon30s
- Q7The techniques used to pursue this policy included the use of the poll tax, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause. What was the name of this political policy?Jim CrowGrandfather Clausedisenfranchisementwhite supremacy30s
- Q8What was the name given to the three men who led Georgia in the last decades of the nineteenth century? They pursued a policy of northern investment and white supremacy.Bourbon TriumvirateKu Klux KlanNCAANAACP30s
- Q9He coined the phrase, "New South" to characterize his program of a southern economy balancing industry and agriculture. Who this voice of the New South?Henry GradyTom WatsonAlonzo HerndonBooker T. Washington30s
- Q10I was the youngest member of the Bourbon Triumvirate and was a newspaper correspondent before the Civil War. During the war, I was the highest ranking Georgian in the Confederate military and was rumored to be one of the leaders of the KKK in Georgia after the war. Who am I?Joseph BrownTom WatsonAlfred H. ColquittJohn B. Gordon30s
- Q11What method of disfranchisement required voters to pay a fee to vote?literacy testpoll taxgrandfather clauseJim Crow30s
- Q12The life story of Alonzo Herndon is a clear example of whose philosophy of self-help, hard-work, and thrift as a means of economic and social advance?Alonzo HerndonHenry GradyW.E.B. DuBoisBooker T. Washington30s
- Q13He was a professor at Atlanta University, a founder of the NAACP, and the first black man to get a Ph.D. from Harvard. Who was he?John HopeAlonzo HerndonW.E.B. DuBoisBooker T. Washington30s
- Q14What court case established the legality of the Jim Crow system of segregation?Dred Scot v. SandfordBrown v. Board of EducationRoe v. WadePlessy v. Ferguson30s
- Q15What was the name of the Jewish pencil factory manager found guilty of Mary Phagan's murder?Alonzo HerndonTom WatsonLeo FrankHenry Grady30s
