// question: 17117090 name: All of the following statements regarding race relations during the New South... ::All of the following statements regarding race relations during the New South...::[html]
All of the following statements regarding race relations during the New South period are true except
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most black southerners were denied the right to vote.
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a record number of blacks did manage to own land in the post-Reconstruction era.
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most southern blacks lived as tenant farmers or sharecroppers.
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industrialization in the South created jobs for blacks.
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lynching and racial violence increased significantly.
#Incorrect } // question: 17117077 name: By the 1890s, southern farmers were importing nearly ____ of their food. ::By the 1890s, southern farmers were importing nearly ____ of their food.::[html]
By the 1890s, southern farmers were importing nearly ____ of their food.
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one-half
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one-quarter
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two-thirds
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two-fifths
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nine-tenths
#Incorrect } // question: 17117085 name: Ida Wells was an advocate for ::Ida Wells was an advocate for::[html]
Ida Wells was an advocate for
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copper miners.
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Chinese women in California.
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southern blacks.
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civil reform in government.
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Mexican Americans.
#Incorrect } // question: 17117087 name: In the 1880s, James B. Duke industrialized the ____ industry. ::In the 1880s, James B. Duke industrialized the ____ industry.::[html]
In the 1880s, James B. Duke industrialized the ____ industry.
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cotton
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coffee
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mining
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tobacco
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meatpacking
#Incorrect } // question: 17117079 name: In the fight for equal rights, black leader Booker T. Washington adopted a ... ::In the fight for equal rights, black leader Booker T. Washington adopted a ...::[html]
In the fight for equal rights, black leader Booker T. Washington adopted a strategy that emphasized
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segregation.
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political equality and freedoms.
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self-help and education.
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government assistance to blacks.
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violent resistance.
#Incorrect } // question: 17117088 name: Most of the New South's iron and steel industry was concentrated in ::Most of the New South's iron and steel industry was concentrated in::[html]
Most of the New South's iron and steel industry was concentrated in
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central Georgia.
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northern Alabama.
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southern Mississippi.
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eastern Tennessee.
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Texas
#Incorrect } // question: 17117091 name: Southern cotton mills had a competitive advantage over northern mills because of ::Southern cotton mills had a competitive advantage over northern mills because of::[html]
Southern cotton mills had a competitive advantage over northern mills because of
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cheap energy sources.
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cheap labor, made up mostly of former slaves.
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cheap labor, made up mostly of poor, non-union, southern whites.
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cheap labor, made up mostly of immigrants.
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better weather conditions.
#Incorrect } // question: 17117076 name: The African Americans -- "Exodusters" -- who left the South beginning in the ... ::The African Americans -- "Exodusters" -- who left the South beginning in the ...::[html]
The African Americans -- "Exodusters" -- who left the South beginning in the 1870s​
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were lured  to the North by agents seeking industrial workers.​
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moved to escape poverty.​
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were acting on a rumor that there was free land for them in Kansas.​
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comprised 50,000  people hoping to resettle in Africa and leave southern racism behind.​
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were acting on the advice of noted leader Booker T. Washington.​
#Incorrect } // question: 17117081 name: The economy of the "New South" was colonial in that ::The economy of the "New South" was colonial in that::[html]
The economy of the "New South" was colonial in that
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it had not changed since the colonial period of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
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it depended on raw materials imported from Caribbean colonies.
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many major industries were financed and controlled by northern businessmen.
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southern leaders invested more capital in agriculture than in manufacturing.
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European investors controlled much of the land and the industry.
#Incorrect } // question: 17117089 name: The writings of Thomas Nelson Page ::The writings of Thomas Nelson Page::[html]
The writings of Thomas Nelson Page
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dealt realistically with the problems of southern society.
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were not read outside the South.
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criticized lynching.
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encouraged a diversified economy in the New South.
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romanticized plantation society of the Old South.
#Correct } // question: 17117082 name: Which of these best exemplifies the Lost Cause? ::Which of these best exemplifies the Lost Cause?::[html]
Which of these best exemplifies the Lost Cause?
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the effort to defeat Civil Service reform.
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fundraising initiatives by southern women to erect statues honoring slain Confederate soldiers.
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Ida B. Wells campaign against lynching in the Jim Crow South.
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Indian resistance to white encroachment on western lands.
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None of these choices.
#Incorrect } // question: 17117075 name: Ida B. Wells was a southern black journalist who carried on an extensive ... ::Ida B. Wells was a southern black journalist who carried on an extensive ...::[html]
Ida B. Wells was a southern black journalist who carried on an extensive campaign against lynching.
{TRUE} // question: 17117086 name: In the late 1870s, thousands of southern blacks were encouraged to move west ... ::In the late 1870s, thousands of southern blacks were encouraged to move west ...::[html]
In the late 1870s, thousands of southern blacks were encouraged to move west to Kansas.
{TRUE} // question: 17117080 name: In Williams v. Mississippi, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the use of ... ::In Williams v. Mississippi, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the use of ...::[html]
In Williams v. Mississippi, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the use of literacy and property qualifications to limit voting rights.
{FALSE} // question: 17117078 name: Many whites believed that Booker T. Washington encouraged black Americans to ... ::Many whites believed that Booker T. Washington encouraged black Americans to ...::[html]
Many whites believed that Booker T. Washington encouraged black Americans to accept permanent second-class citizenship.
{TRUE} // question: 17117092 name: Southern cotton output doubled between 1878 and 1898. ::Southern cotton output doubled between 1878 and 1898.::[html]
Southern cotton output doubled between 1878 and 1898.
{TRUE} // question: 17117093 name: Southern cotton production after the Civil War was so plentiful, prices for ... ::Southern cotton production after the Civil War was so plentiful, prices for ...::[html]
Southern cotton production after the Civil War was so plentiful, prices for it declined tremendously.
{TRUE} // question: 17117083 name: The basic institution of the southern rural economy after the Civil War was ... ::The basic institution of the southern rural economy after the Civil War was ...::[html]
The basic institution of the southern rural economy after the Civil War was the "crop lien system."
{TRUE} // question: 17117084 name: Wages in southern cotton mills were roughly the same as those in northern mills. ::Wages in southern cotton mills were roughly the same as those in northern mills.::[html]
Wages in southern cotton mills were roughly the same as those in northern mills.
{FALSE}