New South Quiz 2025

New South Quiz 2025

8th Grade

15 Qs

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New South Quiz 2025

New South Quiz 2025

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Jill McCutcheon

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following political parties, led by Tom Watson, would a cotton farmer in Georgia MOST LIKELY support during the New South?

The Populist Party

The Republican Party

The Bourbon Democrats

The New South Democrats

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why were the International Cotton Expositions held in Georgia?

To adopt new technology

To encourage agriculture

To undermine Northern factories

To promote Southern industrialization and attract Northern investment

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following ideas did Henry Grady support?

Reconciliation of poor whites and African American farmers to work together.

The growth of industry, manufacturing, and agricultural diversification in the South.

A political overthrow of the Bourbon Democrats, especially the Bourbon Triumvirate.

Support for the Populist Party and Tom Watson to represent them in Washington.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

One underlying cause of the 1906 Atlanta Riot was

The fear felt by whites over the growing success of African Americans.

The fear felt by African Americans in response to white discrimination.

Poor working conditions of sharecroppers.

Poor working conditions in textile factories.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements describes the effect of the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?

It caused increased migrations of people from the North.

It reaffirmed and strengthened Jim Crow laws in the South.

It reduced the frequency of racial violence in the South.

It weakened and outlawed Jim Crow laws in the North.

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements are true about the 1906 Atlanta Riot? Choose three.

News of the riot was restricted to Atlanta.

25 African Americans were killed.

African Americans used violence to protest racial inequality.

Competition between African Americans and whites for jobs caused tension.

The riots began due to rumors of African American men attacking white women.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The phrase “separate but equal” refers to which of the following?

A method of voting used in the South during Reconstruction.

The belief in southern states that African Americans deserved equal rights.

The idea that races could be kept separate as long as there were equal facilities for both.

The way that land was apportioned among farmers in the South after the Civil War.

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