New South #1 | ||
#1 | What was the nickname of the economic leaders in the “New South” (Brown, Gordon, Colquitt) ? | Bourbon Redeemers OR Bourbon Triumvirate |
#2 | This man was the “voice” of the “New South” and editor of the Atlanta Constitution. | Henry Grady |
#3 | This event put a spotlight on Georgia’s growing textile industry | International Cotton Exposition or ICE |
#4 | This organization/union was created to fight for farmers’ issues | Farmer's Alliance |
#5 | After Tom Watson died in office, she became the first female U.S. Senator in American history. | Rebecca Latimer Felton |
New South #2 | ||
#1 | What was the political party formed to represent interests of farmers? | Populist Party |
#2 | This man helped found the Populist Party to challenge the Democrats. | Tom Watson |
#3 | This bill guaranteed free mail to country farmers. | Rural Free Delivery or RFD |
#4 | What was the name of the tax needed to vote in the South? | Poll tax |
#5 | Denying someone the right to vote is referred to as | Disenfranchisement |
New South #3 | ||
#1 | This was used by Georgia and other states to ensure that voters were able to read. | Literacy test |
#2 | Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution allows men the right to vote? | 15th amendment |
#3 | What is the election to decide a political party's candidate? | primary |
#4 | What was the name of the Supreme Court case that allowed segregation laws to continue? | Plessy vs. Ferguson |
#5 | The Plessy vs. Ferguson decision said that segregation was legal as long as everything is _______ | separate but equal |
New South #4 | ||
#1 | Who was the Georgia governor who ran on a platform of denying blacks the right to vote? | Hoke Smith |
#2 | Racial tensions between blacks and whites living in Atlanta led to the _____________. | 1906 Atlanta Race Riot |
#3 | What was the nickname of laws in the South that discriminated against blacks? | Jim Crow laws |
#4 | Who was the Jewish factory manager accused of killing Mary Phagan? | Leo Frank |
#5 | What happened to Leo Frank after he was convicted? | lynched |
New South #5 | ||
#1 | Who was the wife of John Hope and established the Neighborhood Union social organization? | Lugenia Hope Burns |
#2 | What black leader believed hard work and education would improve the lives of blacks? | Booker T. Washington |
#3 | Who was the Atlanta University professor who established the first graduate program for blacks in U.S. history? | John Hope |
#4 | What black leader disagreed with Booker T. Washington and founded the N.A.A.C.P.? | W.E.B. Dubois |
#5 | This barber and founder of Atlanta Life Insurance Co. was one of the richest black men in the South. | Alonzo Herndon |
Final Question | |