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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT NEW
SOUTH ERA EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: W.E.B. Dubois
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civil rights leader and college professor who fought for immediate social and political rights for African-Americans or Black
Question 2: Booker T. Washington
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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
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lawyer, writer, and politician from Georgia
Question 4: New South
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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
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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
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a short lived political party (1892-1908) made up of farmers that were hostile to banks, railroads, and social elites.
Question 7: White Primary
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tactic used by whites in Georgia to prevent blacks from voting in the Democratic primary
Question 8: Leo Frank Case
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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
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founder of the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Question 10: Plessy v. Ferguson
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Supreme Court case that established the separate but equal doctrine thus promoting segregation.
Question 11: Atlanta Race Riot
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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
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a disenfranchising tactic that required voters to pass a reading and writing test in order to vote
Question 13: Rural Free Delivery Act
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legislation proposed by Georgia Congressman Tom Watson that provided free mail delivery to rural areas of the country
Question 14: Grandfather Clause
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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
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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
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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
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to deprive a person the right to vote or rights of citizenship.
Question 18: Henry Grady
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managing editor for the Atlanta Journal who promoted the concept of the "New South."
Question 19: Bourbon Triumvirate
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three powerful Georgia politicians who dominated Georgia politics for over 20 years
Question 20: Jim Crow laws
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laws created by state legislatures to deny African-Americans or Blacks citizenship rights