1. As the leader of the New South movement, what was Henry Grady supporting?
1. Answer: Northern investment in southern industry.
2. What was the achievement of each of the following Georgians 2. What was the achievement of each of the following Georgians? Tom Watson Rebecca Latimer Felton Henry Grady
2. Answer: Tom Watson – Populist leader Rebecca Latimer Felton-1st US woman Senator Henry Grady – editor of the Atlanta Constitution
3. What Georgia leader coined the phrase “New South?”
3. Answer: Henry Grady
4. The main purpose of the International Cotton Exposition that was held in Georgia was to:
4. Answer: Increase the number of industries in the South
5. Where was the International Cotton Exposition held?
5. Answer: Atlanta
6. "New South" advocates such as Henry Grady favored what?
6. Answer: Increasing industrialization by using local natural resources
7. A key part of Henry Grady's definition of the "New South" was:
7. Answer: Increase the amount of manufacturing
8. The phrase the "New South" refers to an important period in Southern history that occurred at what time? A. before Reconstruction B. during the late 1800s C. after World War I I
8. Answer: During the late 1800’s
9. What was a result of the "New South" movement in the 1870s and 1880s?
9. Answer: Industrialization and Diversification of agriculture
10. The county unit system benefited who?
10. Answer: Small rural counties
11. What was a positive aspect of the county unit system?
11. Answer: It allowed less populated areas to have equal political power as larger populated areas.
12. The Bourbon Triumvirate supported what changes?
12. Answer: Industry, manufacturing, railroads, modernization, white supremacy
13. The Bourbon Triumvirate was an important group in Georgia after Reconstruction. What organization did one of its members create?
13. Answer: Founders of the Ku Klux Klan
14. Rebecca Felton did NOT support the: A. educational reform movement B. temperance movement C. convict lease system
14. Answer: C. convict lease system
15. What was one result of the Atlanta riot of 1906?
15. Answer: People (black and white) were killed
16. The murder of Leo Frank was an example of:
16. Answer: Racism
17. Explain why the term Bourbon Triumvirate was most appropriate for Joseph Brown, Alfred Colquitt, and John Gordon?
17. Answer: They ruled the state consecutively for a period of many years
18. The Populist Party (the People’s Party) in Georgia was the party that supported:
18. Answer: poor white and black farmers (the farmer’s alliance)
19. What Georgia Populist leader called on black and white farmers to unite in an effort to gain fair treatment from the state and national governments?
19. Answer: Tom Watson
20. In Georgia, who actively campaigned for prohibition, antilynching, equal status for women, and condemned the drinking of Coca-Cola?
20. Answer: Rebecca Latimer Felton
21. Leo Frank was kidnapped from the prison hospital in Milledgeville because:
21. Answer: The governor reduced his sentence from the death penalty to a sentence of life in prison