study guide for the test on thrusday on Unit 6
As managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s, what did Henry Grady use the paper to promote?
Agricultural diversification and industrial growth
What did the US Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson allow?
Allowed racial segregation of public facilities
Which supports the claim that the International Cotton Exposition of 1881 was an important success for Georgia?
Attracted industrial resources from the North
The controversial conviction of Leo Frank for the death of Mary Phagan, and his later murder, were representative of which prejudices held by many in the South at that time?
Distrust of Jewish people
In Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise speech, he urged African Americans to advance themselves through economic opportunities and industrial education. He said that once African Americans had done so, they would then gain acceptance from whites. What was W. E. B. Du Bois's response to Washington's speech?
DuBois believed that Washington did not fight hard enough for racial equality
What policy would the Bourbon Triumvirate have MOST LIKELY supported?
Expanding the railroad and mining industries
Why did many civil rights activists disagree with Booker T. Washington's views of civil rights?
He believed that African Americans should be patient in gaining equality
Why did Tom Watson and other notable members of the Populist Party criticize Henry Grady for his work with the Atlanta Constitution?
He supported industry over the interests of farmers
Alonzo Herndon was a millionaire businessman who lived in Atlanta, Georgia, in the early twentieth century. What made his circumstances unique?
He was a former slave who became very wealthy
How did Alonzo Herndon seek to improve the lives of African Americans in Atlanta?
How did Alonzo Herndon seek to improve the lives of African Americans in Atlanta?
the ultimate impact of the 1906 Atlanta Riot on the city
Increased racial segregation in Atlanta
As managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s, what did Henry Grady use the paper to promote?
Industrial growth in the South
Which THREE people were part of the Bourbon Triumvirate, which controlled politics in Georgia between the 1870s and the 1890s?
Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, John B. Gordon
How did the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson impact society in the South?
Nearly every aspect of life was segregated
What did the outcome and aftermath of the Leo Frank case illustrate about Georgia in the early twentieth century?
Resentment of people with different ethnic backgrounds
How did the Leo Frank case impact Georgia society?
Rise of anti-semitism and the re-emergence of the KKK
What was the result of the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case?
Segregation was constitutional (legal)
Which cause did Tom Watson and other Populists support at the turn of the twentieth century?
Supporting farmers and their interests
What did the organizers of the International Cotton Exposition seek to show?
The recovery of Atlanta from the Civil War
What was the main purpose of the International Cotton Expositions held in Atlanta during the New South Era?
To encourage Northern investment in Southern industries
What was Alonzo Herndon's goal in the early 1900s?
To help African American businesses succeed
Why did southern legislatures enact Jim Crow laws after Reconstruction?
To prevent African Americans from using their rights
In the late nineteenth century, many areas of the South enacted Jim Crow laws. What was one purpose of these laws?
To segregate public facilities
Why was Booker T. Washington often criticized by civil rights leaders such as W. E. B. Du Bois?
Washington argued that African Americans should focus on proving themselves through hard work first
How did the Leo Frank trial conclude?
With conflicting evidence he was still found guilty and sentenced to death
In the 1898 case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana law that required African American and white passengers to sit in different rail cars did not violate the Constitution. Which legal doctrine was established by this case?
separate but equal
