The New South Era

Which of the following BEST identifies an attempt to promote Atlanta’s rebuilding from the Civil War?

• Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise Speech

• Atlanta’s International Cotton Exposition

Whose propaganda was used to spread antisemitism in Georgia?

• Leo Frank

• Tom Watson

Black citizens were not the only targets of ethnic violence in the 1900s. In Georgia, these attacks were best seen in the events related to the Leo Frank case. Which of the following groups of people were targeted as a result of this case?

• Mullatto Americans

• Jewish Americans

Who was the most powerful voice for supporting Populism in Georgia?

• Henry Grady

• Tom Watson

Who attempted to shape the New South by using his role as the editor of the Atlanta Journal to get northern businesses to invest in the South?

• Henry Grady

• Alonzo Herndon

Which political party encouraged the government to do more to regulate the economy by helping farmers?

• Progressive Party

• Populist Party

Tom Watson criticized the New South plan because he believed it hurt which of the following Georgians?

• business owners

• small farmers

This large event in the 1880s attracted thousands of visitors to the state of Georgia and showed that Georgia was ready for increased industry. Which of the following identifies this attempt to shape the New South?

• The Naval Store

• Internation Cotton Exposition

After Reconstruction, many influential political leaders in Georgia wanted to help increase economic growth by transforming the South into an industrialized economy. Which of the following was the name for this plan?

• New Georgia

• New South

Which of the following identifies Democrats who dominated state politics in Georgia who believed that increased industry and less dependence on agriculture was best for the South’s economy after Reconstruction?

• Solid South Trio

• Bourbon Triumvirate