1. What was the primary goal of leaders who promoted the concept of a "New South" after Reconstruction?
- A. To decrease the region's dependence on agriculture and build more factories
- B. To expand the system of large plantations and increase cotton exports
- C. To establish new laws that would limit the rights of factory workers
- D. To focus entirely on rebuilding the railroad system without adding new industries
2. Despite the push for industrialization, what was the economic reality for most of the South by the early 20th century?
- A. The region had become wealthier and more industrialized than the North.
- B. Most people had moved from farms to work in new city factories.
- C. The economy remained largely based on agriculture and cash crops.
- D. The old plantation system was fully restored with new owners.
3. When leaders like Henry Grady spoke of building a "New South," which region's economy did they hope to imitate?
- A. The agricultural economy of the West
- B. The industrial economy of the North
- C. The trade-based economy of Europe
- D. The pre-war economy of the old South
4. Proponents of the "New South" encouraged investors to establish which types of businesses to help modernize the economy?
- A. Large-scale cattle ranches and wheat farms
- B. International banks and global shipping firms
- C. Textile mills, tobacco factories, and steel plants
- D. Government-run utility and power companies
5. What role did figures like Atlanta editor Henry Grady play in the post-Reconstruction era?
- A. They led the effort to restrict voting rights for African Americans.
- B. They argued against industrial growth to preserve the South's traditions.
- C. They were leading voices who promoted industrial development for the South.
- D. They organized farmers to demand higher prices for their crops.
6. In the post-Reconstruction South, what did poll taxes and literacy tests have in common?
- A. They were both created by the federal government.
- B. They were both designed to stop African Americans from voting.
- C. They were both ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court before 1900.
- D. They both helped poor farmers gain more political power.
7. What was the main purpose of requiring a poll tax in the South after Reconstruction?
- A. To raise money for building new state government offices.
- B. To make voting too expensive for many poor African Americans.
- C. To ensure only the most educated citizens could vote.
- D. To pay for the costs of running local and federal elections.
8. Why were literacy tests an effective tool for disenfranchising African American voters?
- A. Most African Americans had been denied access to education and could not pass the difficult tests.
- B. The tests were only administered on days when most African Americans were required to work.
- C. The tests required knowledge of advanced mathematics and science.
- D. Voters were required to travel to the state capital to take the test, which was often too far.
9. "Grandfather clauses" were created in Southern states to allow which group to vote?
- A. African American war veterans.
- B. Men who recently moved from the North.
- C. Illiterate white men who were unable to pay the poll tax.
- D. All citizens who were older than sixty years of age.
10. How did new voting laws in the South, such as poll taxes and literacy tests, relate to the Fifteenth Amendment?
- A. They were created to enforce the amendment's rules across the nation.
- B. They were methods used to bypass the amendment's protection of voting rights.
- C. They were suggested as improvements to the original amendment.
- D. They were required by the federal government under the amendment.