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Which of the following statements best describes the “Bourbon Triumvirate”?

• Southern Democrats who dominated Georgia politics during the late 1800s and wanted to prevent equality and maintain the Southern cultural heritage.
• Former slaves who served in the state legislature during Reconstruction.
• Republicans who governed Georgia during Reconstruction and wanted to improve conditions for African Americans. 
• Prominent African American citizens in Atlanta who worked towards economic equality. 

Which of the following does NOT describe Henry Grady?

• Editor of the Atlanta Constitution (Newspaper)
• Coined the term “New South”
• Pushed for the International Cotton Expositions to come to Georgia
• Member of the Populist Party

What effect did the International Cotton Exposition have?

• It demonstrated the injustice of the Jim Crow laws.
• It A.  encouraged the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906.
• It A.  encouraged the continuation of the plantation system. 
• It demonstrated that Georgia had come out of Reconstruction ready for industry.

During the New South era, the 14^th and 15^th amendments were not upheld in the South due to?

• Black Codes
• Jim Crow Laws
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Lend-Lease Act

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

• Disenfranchise African Americans
• Discriminate against Jews
• End segregation
• Protect African American voting rights

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

• Women’s suffrage
• Destruction of Jim Crow laws
• Equal voting rights
• Separate but equal

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot?

• Racial Tensionπ
• False accusations in local newspapers
• Economic success of African Americans in Atlanta
• Anti-Antisemitism

Alonzo Herndon was an example of which of the following?

• The success of the Populist movement in Georgia
• The financial success some African Americans achieved despite racism in the early 1900s
• The important role played by the Bourbons in the New South
• The role Georgia farmers played in World War I

Which of the following best describes the relationship between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois?

• They were both leaders in the Populist movement.
• They did not like each other because they argued over poll taxes and literacy tests.
• They disagreed over what role African Americans should strive to play in society and the issue of segregation.
• They were close friends who worked together to win racial justice for African Americans.

Which of the following correctly lists the African American leaders of Civil Rights during the New South Era?

• Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois
• Leo Frank and Alonzo Herndon
• Alfred Colquitt, John B. Gordon, and Joseph E. Brown 
• Tom Watson and Martin Luther King Jr.