unit 8

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

International Cotton Exposition

Question 2

African American barber, businessman, and founder of the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company from
Social Circle Ga.

Answer 2

Alonzo Herndon

Question 3

Supreme Court created doctrine (idea) which legalized racial segregation as long as the facilities were equally funded; however, this was rarely the case.

Answer 3

Separate but Equal

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Henry Grady

Question 5

Laws created by state legislatures to deny African-Americans or
Blacks citizenship rights and segregate scoiety.

Answer 5

Jim Crow Laws

Question 6

FREE CARD

Answer 6

FREE CARD

Question 7

hostility to or prejudice against Jews.

Answer 7

Anti-Semitism

Question 8

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.

Answer 8

New South

Question 9

to deprive of the right to vote

Answer 9

Disenfranchise

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Poll tax

Question 11

Lawyer, writer, and politician from Georgia; most well-known for his rural free delivery bill; began his career in the independent democrat and populist party with a progressive view of racial policies; ended his career as an ardent segregationist and anti-Semite; died while serving a term as
U.S. senator from Georgia.

Answer 11

Tom Watson

Question 12

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.

Answer 12

1906 Atlanta Race Massacre

Question 13

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 13

Booker T. Washington

Question 14

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, his sentence was later reduced to life due to additional evidence. However, a group of men calling themselves “the Knights of Mary Phagan” took Frank out of his prison cell and lynched him in Marietta.

Answer 14

Leo Frank Case

Question 15

Managing editor for the Atlanta Journal who promoted the concept of the “New South.”

Answer 15

Henry Grady

Question 16

Three powerful Georgia politicians (Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John
B. Gordon) who dominated Georgia politics for over 20 years.

Answer 16

Bourbon Triumvirate

Question 17

Founder of the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company. Also, Atlanta’s first Black Millionaire.

Answer 17

Alonzo Herndon

Question 18

a civil rights organization founded in 1909 to fight prejudice, lynching, and Jim Crow segregation, and to work for the betterment of
“people of color.”

Answer 18

NAACP

Question 19

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.
Georgian Tom Watson was a leader and presidential candidate for the party.

Answer 19

Populist Party

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Literacy Test

Question 21

Young female factory worker who was found murdered.
Leo Frank was blamed for killing her even thought there was little evidence against him.

Answer 21

Mary Phagan

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Rural Free Delivery Act

Question 23

Civil rights leader and college professor who fought for immediate social and political rights for African-Americans or Blacks.

Answer 23

Dubois W.E.B.(1868-1963)

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)

Question 25

Democrats who dominated Georgia politics during the late 1800s and wanted to increase industry in the state and prevent equality for African Americans.

Answer 25

Bourbon Triumvirate

Question 26

A small Georgia farmer who was suffering economically during the 1890s would have been interested in supporting to which of the following groups?

Answer 26

The Populist

Question 27

Henry Grady’s goals for the South’s economy.

Answer 27

The South must become industrialized, like the North.

Question 28

International Cotton Expositions:

Answer 28

Events established to showcase Atlanta’s growth and industrial capabilities

Question 29

What big event would an advocate for the New South be excited about?

Answer 29

The international cotton exposition

Question 30

Who led Georgia’s farmers in the Populist Party and created the Rural Free Delivery bill?

Answer 30

Tom Watson

Question 31

Which notable African American leader believed that blacks should strive to be college educated intellectuals and helped found the NAACP?

Answer 31

W.E.B. DuBois

Question 32

They disagreed over how African Americans should attempt to gain equality and the issue of segregation.

Answer 32

the relationship between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois.

Question 33

Who was the African American leader that supported a gradual approach to racial equality?

Answer 33

Booker T. Washington

Question 34

What were grandfather clauses, poll taxes, and literacy tests intended to do?

Answer 34

Disfranchise African Americans

Question 35

A law which forbids a white man and a black man from sharing the same water fountain is an example of ___________________________________.

Answer 35

a Jim Crow law

Question 36

Discrimination and prejudice not only led to segregation, but also effected African Americans ability to vote. Which of the following is best defined by ‘taking away someone’s ability to vote?

Answer 36

disenfranchisement

Question 37

What was the basic principle behind the 1896 Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?

Answer 37

“seperate but equal”

Question 38

He was a black businessman that achieved big goals and accumulated great wealth despite racism in the early 1900s.

Answer 38

Alonzo Herndon

Question 39

The murder of Leo Frank was an example of ____________________________.

Answer 39

anti-semitism

Question 40

What do the Leo Frank Case and the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre have in common?

Answer 40

They are both examples racial/ethnic tensions that existed in Georgia during the early twentieth century.

Question 41

What was a White Primary and how did it impact African Americans?

Answer 41

Exploited a loophole to take away African Americans political voice. Only white citizens could vote in preliminary elections. Prevented African Americans from being fairly represented by political candidates.

Question 42

False newspaper headlines and stories angered many of Atlanta’s white citizens. Atlanta’s police arrested black citizens who tried to fight back against the mob. Many people were killed before Georgia’s militia was called into action to stop the violence.

Answer 42

1906 Atlanta Race Massacre.

Question 43

Who is credited with creating the term “New South” to describe the changes in the southern economy?

Answer 43

Henry Grady

Question 44

Began his life as a sharecropper before saving his money and learning a trade. Owned three barber shops, the fanciest of which was called the “Crystal Palace”. Started the Atlanta Life Insurance Company.

Answer 44

Alonzo Herndon.