FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT NEW

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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT NEW

SOUTH ERA EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -20 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert- Explanation

Question 1: W.E.B. Dubois

Answer:

civil rights leader and college professor who fought for immediate social and political rights for African-Americans or Black

Question 2: Booker T. Washington

Answer:

educator, author, political activist, and orator; promoted the idea that African-Americans or Blacks should pursue economic and educational endeavors before seeking social and political equality

Question 3: Tom Watson

Answer:

lawyer, writer, and politician from Georgia

Question 4: New South

Answer:

period after Reconstruction where political and community leaders in the South sought to diversify Georgia's economy and bring Northern technology and/or investments into the state.

Question 5: separate but equal

Answer:

Supreme Court ruling that legalized racial segregation as long as the facilities were equally funded; however, this was rarely the case

Question 6: Populist Party

Answer:

a short lived political party (1892-1908) made up of farmers that were hostile to banks, railroads, and social elites.

Question 7: White Primary

Answer:

tactic used by whites in Georgia to prevent blacks from voting in the Democratic primary

Question 8: Leo Frank Case

Answer:

trial where a Northern Jewish pencil factory manager was accused of murdering 13 year old Mary Phagan; found guilty of the crime and sentenced to death

Question 9: Alonzo Herndon

Answer:

founder of the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Question 10: Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer:

Supreme Court case that established the separate but equal doctrine thus promoting segregation.

Question 11: Atlanta Race Riot

Answer:

48 hour riot in Atlanta caused by economic competition and false newspaper accounts of African-American or Black men attacking white women; several African-Americans or Blacks were killed during the riot.

Question 12: Literacy test

Answer:

a disenfranchising tactic that required voters to pass a reading and writing test in order to vote

Question 13: Rural Free Delivery Act

Answer:

legislation proposed by Georgia Congressman Tom Watson that provided free mail delivery to rural areas of the country

Question 14: Grandfather Clause

Answer:

disenfranchisement law that said if a person's father could vote before the Civil War they would be able to vote as well

Question 15: International Cotton Expositions

Answer:

a series of three large events (1881, 1885, 1895) established to display Atlanta's growth and industrial capabilities and to lure Northern investment to the region

Question 16: Poll Tax

Answer:

a disenfranchising tactic that required voters to pay a fee in order to vote; this prevented poor blacks and whites from voting

Question 17: Disenfranchisement

Answer:

to deprive a person the right to vote or rights of citizenship.

Question 18: Henry Grady

Answer:

managing editor for the Atlanta Journal who promoted the concept of the "New South."

Question 19: Bourbon Triumvirate

Answer:

three powerful Georgia politicians who dominated Georgia politics for over 20 years

Question 20: Jim Crow laws

Answer:

laws created by state legislatures to deny African-Americans or Blacks citizenship rights