The New South

Question 1

Three powerful Georgia politicians who dominated Georgia politics for 20 years

Answer 1

Bourbon Triumvirate

Question 2

Managing Editor for the Atlanta Journal who promoted the concept of the “New South”. He did this through public speaking and the media.

Answer 2

Henry Grady

Question 3

Period after reconstruction where political and community leaders in the south sough to diversify Georgia’s economy and bring Northern technology and /or investments into the state.

Answer 3

The New South

Question 4

A short lived political party (1892-1908) made up of farmers that were hostile to banks, railroads and social elites. At the beginning, the party was made up of both whites and blacks

Answer 4

Populist Party

Question 5

Legislation that provided free mail delivery to rural areas of the country

Answer 5

Rural Free Delivery Bill

Question 6

Politician from Georgia; most well known for his rural delivery bill; began his career in the populist party with a progressive view of racial policies; ended his career as a ardent segregationists

Answer 6

Tom Watson

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Disenfranchisement

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Literacy Test

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Poll tax

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Plessy V Ferguson

Question 11

A disenfranchisement Law that said if a persons father could vote before the civil war they would be able to vote as well

Answer 11

Grandfather Clause

Question 12

Supreme Court ruling that legalized racial segregation as long as the facilities were equally Funded

Answer 12

Separate but Equal

Question 13

Laws created by state legislation to deny African Americans or Black citizenship rights

Answer 13

Jim Crow Laws

Question 14

Civil Rights leader and college professor who fought for immediate social and political rights for African Americans or Blacks. Promoted the Talented 10th

Answer 14

W.E.B. Dubois

Question 15

Former Slave who became the first African American Millionaire on Georgia by being an Entrepreneur

Answer 15

Alonzo Herndon

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Booker T. Washington

Question 17

Trail where a Northern Jewish pencil factory manager was accused of murdering a 13 year old Mary Phagan; Found guilty of the crime and sentence to death, his sentence was later reduced to life due to the additional evidence

Answer 17

Leo Frank Case

Question 18

A series of three large events (1881,1885,1895) established to display Atlanta’s growth and industrial’s capabilities and to lure Northern Investment to region

Answer 18

International Cotton Exposition