QUIZ 2- NEW SOUTH
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING TEN QUESTIONS.

1: Federal troops left the South in 1877 as a provision of the:
A Reconstruction Act of 1865.
B Compromise of 1877.
C Civil Rights Act of 1875.
D Enforcement Act of 1870.

2: Which of the following was the newspaper editor who created the popular character of Uncle Remus?
A Kate Chopin
B Joel Chandler Harris
C Ellen Glasgow
D Edward Pollard

3: African Americans did not share in the economic growth of the "New South" because:
A most resided in cities, where there was the least amount of growth.
B they were specifically barred from employment in many industries.
C neither they nor poor whites saw a resulting increase in job opportunities.
D none of the above

4: The People's Party, or Populists, had its roots in the:
A National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
B Niagara Movement.
C Farmer's Alliance.
D all of the above

5: A series of state laws, commonly called Jim Crow laws, created:
A the requirement of paying a fee, or poll tax, in order to vote.
B property qualifications for voting.
C literacy tests for citizenship.
D racially segregated public facilities, including transportation.

6: W. E. B. Du Bois' views on lynching and race relations were closest to those of:
A Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
B Booker T. Washington.
C Woodrow Wilson.
D Ben Tillman.

7: The most famous black educational institution in the South, the ___________ , was founded by Booker T. Washington to prepare students for practical industrial and domestic work.

8: Many Southern communities still celebrate the holiday of ___________, which takes place on June 19, the anniversary of Texas emancipation in 1865.

9: Under the system of ___________, those working for a plantation owner were technically entitled to a set portion of the profits from the sale of the crops they grew, but because they had to buy their own farming tools on credit they started out with a staggering debt from which most never recovered.

10: In the ___________ case in 1896, the Supreme Court established the "separate but equal" principle as part of its ruling that segregation was not unconstitutional.